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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · Paperback · December 4, 2012
A teen takes a bottle of pills and lands in the psych ward with the bully who drove him to attempt suicide in this gripping novel.
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- Who it’s for
- A grim, fast-moving setup with teen pain at the center.
- Genres
- Mental Illness for Teens, Teen Suicide, Abuse & Trauma for Teens
- Published
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, December 4, 2012
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A teen takes a bottle of pills and lands in the psych ward with the bully who drove him to attempt suicide in this gripping novel. Victor hates his life. He has no friends, gets beaten up at school, and his parents are always criticizing him. Tired of feeling miserable, Victor takes a bottle of his mother’s sleeping pills—only to wake up in the hospital. Bull is angry, and takes all of his rage out on Victor. That makes him feel better, at least a little.
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But it doesn’t stop Bull’s grandfather from getting drunk and hitting him. So Bull tries to defend himself with a loaded gun. When Victor and Bull end up as roommates in the same psych ward, there’s no way to escape each other or their problems. Which means things are going to get worse—much worse—before they get better.
Why It Hooks
A grim, fast-moving setup with teen pain at the center.
Come here for
- teen pressure, addiction, and fallout
- a tense, no-padding reading experience
Expect
- heavy themes
- a blunt, unsparing tone
Where it sits
| Mental Illness for Teens | 47% |
|---|---|
| Abuse & Trauma for Teens | 44% |
| Teen Suicide | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Bullying for Teens
- Dating & Sex for Teens
- Teen Suicide
- Authors
- K. M. Walton
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Published
- December 4, 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Bullying for Teens