Perfectly Good White Boy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781467734806)

"You never know where we'll end up. There's so much possibility in life, you know?" Hallie said. Sean Norwhalt can read between the lines. He knows Hallie's just dumped him. He was a perfectly good summer boyfriend, but now she's off to college, and he's still got another year to go. Her pep talk about futures and "possibilities" isn't exactly comforting. Sean's pretty sure he's seen his future and its "possibilities," and they all look DISPOSABLE. Like the crappy rental his family moved into when his dad left. Like all the unwanted filthy old clothes he stuffs into the rag baler at his thrift-store job. Like everything good he's ever known. The only hopeful possibilities in Sean's life are the Marine Corps, where no one expected he'd go, and Neecie Albertson, whom he never expected to care about. Carrie Mesrobian follows her critically acclaimed debut, Sex & Violence, with another powerful and wrenching portrait of a teenage boy on the precipice of the new American future.

Author: Carrie Mesrobian
ISBN-10: 1467734802
ISBN-13: 9781467734806
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab (R)
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2014
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.50w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 166522 / Perfectly Good White Boy

Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 08/11/2014
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2014 pg. 79
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2014 - Reviewed - More Editing Needed
Booklist 10/01/2014 pg. 80
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2014
Foreword 11/26/2014
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 90
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Recommended, Satisfactory