Nicholas Carvan

Possibly the best young adult fiction book ever written on the subject of alternative teens and drug use. A look through the eyes of an already jaded teenage male as he pitches through the hurdles or romance, hormones, dodgy friends, drug use, and sibling rivalry, throw that all in with a murder, theft, and several other law breaking behaviours, all told in a realistic manner and you have a story of epic proportions.
Despite the seemingly dramatic events this all manages to stay realistic (despite the fact that the character manages to pull a top HSC score out out of a drug induced haze) and provide the reader an end that will make them laugh, cry and most of all, think.… (mehr)