Cracked (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442429161)

In this gripping debut, a teen takes a bottle of pills and lands in the psych ward with the bully who drove him to attempt suicide.

Victor hates his life. He's relentlessly bullied at school and his parents constantly ridicule him at home.

Bull is angry. He's sick of his grandfather's drunken beatings. And he likes to take out his rage on Victor.

Determined to end it all, Victor takes a bottle of his mother's sleeping pills--only to be disappointed when he wakes up in the psych ward. And his roommate? None other than Bull, whose loaded-gun effort at self-defense has been labeled as a suicide attempt. Things go from bad to worse--until the boys discover they might just have something in common: a reason to live.

Author: K. M. Walton
ISBN-10: 144242916X
ISBN-13: 9781442429161
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Language: English
Published: 01/03/2012
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.1
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 151167 / Cracked

Award: Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2012 pg. 603 - Recommended - Readable
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2012
Publishers Weekly 02/20/2012
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2012
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 117 - Recommended, Satisfactory