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Wise Young Fool
Sean Beaudoin
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Description for Wise Young Fool
Hardcover.
Teenager Ritchie Sudden has a lot to deal with. He's still getting used to his mom's girlfriend. He plays in a band called Celestial Embryo / Death By End-Stage Syphilis / Wise Young Fool. His sister died three years ago. Ritchie Sudden is in a detention center. As Ritchie alternates between narrating his current life in a juvenile detention center, and the events that led him to that point, he tells a story that is in turns hilarious and heartbreaking. Wise Young Fool is getting ready to compete in Band Slam 2012 and Ritchie is growing to accept - and ... Read more
Teenager Ritchie Sudden has a lot to deal with. He's still getting used to his mom's girlfriend. He plays in a band called Celestial Embryo / Death By End-Stage Syphilis / Wise Young Fool. His sister died three years ago. Ritchie Sudden is in a detention center. As Ritchie alternates between narrating his current life in a juvenile detention center, and the events that led him to that point, he tells a story that is in turns hilarious and heartbreaking. Wise Young Fool is getting ready to compete in Band Slam 2012 and Ritchie is growing to accept - and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780316203791
SKU
V9780316203791
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Sean Beaudoin
Sean Beaudoin is the author of Going Nowhere Faster which was nominated as one of YALSA's 'Best Books for Young Adults,' and Fade to Blue, which was called 'Infinite Jest for teens' by Booklist. His short stories and articles have appeared in numerous publications. Sean's website is www.seanbeaudoin.com.
Reviews for Wise Young Fool
"Beaudoin is the Fred Astaire of comic writing, translating each sentence into a manic dance routine of half-invented jargon ("chewing the profunda-cud") on his way to blessedly non-cloying coming-of-age glory." - Booklist, starred review
"The author does a brilliant job getting into the head of a troubled teen and does not shy away from racy topics." - School ... Read more