Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
May 2014
On Sale: May 14, 2013
ISBN: 1442444924 EAN: 9781442444928 Kindle: B005C78E86 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
A teen at boarding school grapples with life, love, and rugby in this unforgettable novel that is βalternately hilarious and painful, awkward and enlighteningβ (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. Heβs living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And heβs madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy.
Ryan Dean manages to survive lifeβs complications with the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to whatβs important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart.
Filled with hand-drawn infographics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teenβs experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.
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