Under the Wolf, Under the Dog
Author | : Adam Rapp |
Publisher | : Candlewick Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2011-04-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780763654252 |
ISBN-13 | : 0763654256 |
Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Alternately heartbreaking and starkly humorous, this teenager's brutal story of escape and desire for redemption is masterfully told by award-winning writer and film director Adam Rapp. I'm what they call a Gray Grouper. The Red Groupers are the junkies and the Blue Groupers are the suicide kids. Steve Nugent is in a facility called Burnstone Grove. It's a place for kids who are addicts, like Shannon Lynch, who can stick $1.87 in change up his nose, or for kids who have tried to commit suicide, like Silent Starla, whom Steve is getting a crush on. But Steve doesn't really fit in either group. He used to go to a gifted school. So why is he being held at Burnstone Grove? Keeping a journal, in which he recalls his confused and violent past, Steve is left to figure out who he is by examining who he was.