Published October 22, 2013
About the Book:
Gerald Faust knows exactly when he started feeling angry: the day his mother invited a reality television crew into his five-year-old life. Twelve years later, he’s still haunted by his rage-filled youth—which the entire world got to watch from every imaginable angle—and his anger issues have resulted in violent outbursts, zero friends, and clueless adults dumping him in the special education room at school.
Nothing is ever going to change. No one cares that he’s tried to learn to control himself, and the girl he likes has no idea who he really is. Everyone’s just waiting for him to snap…and he’s starting to feel dangerously close to doing just that.
In this fearless portrayal of a boy on the edge, highly acclaimed Printz Honor author A.S. King explores the desperate reality of a former child “star” who finally breaks free of his anger by creating possibilities he never knew he deserved.
My Thoughts:
A.S. King is such an amazing writer. I've had the pleasure of being part of a Skype session with her and my book club, and I got to see her speak at the Texas Teen Book Festival a couple weeks ago too. She's really totally amazing period! I've yet to read anything by her that I haven't loved.
I'm not a big reality TV person at all. I do love The Bachelor/The Bachelorette, but beyond that, I don't watch reality TV. I always worry about the ones where families and kids are involved and how it's affecting the children psychologically. I just see lots of therapy in the future for those kids. This books delves right into that type of issue. Poor Gerald; gosh, he's suffered. I wish I could smack his mother around, and I'm not a violent person. If you read the book you will get this...I feel like the lady at the hockey game and just want to give him a big hug. This is a great, well-written, moving book about a timely topic. I highly recommend this and any of A.S. King's books.
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