Synopsis
Thirteen-year-old Sura, serving a six-month sentence in Hamstock Juvenile Detention Center, watches his doomed bunkmate Coly Jo self-destruct in the prison system--and becomes determined to avoid the same fate. Reissue.
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About the Author
Adam Rapp is a playwright as well as a novelist. His work has been produced and developed by the New York Theatre Workshop, the Steppenwolf Theater Company, New York City's Public Theatre, and The Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. Mr. Rapp lives in New York City. The Buffalo Tree is his second novel.
Reviews
A 12-year-old boy recounts his day-to-day battles in a juvenile detention center. "Graphic images and a narrative heavily seasoned with slang and expletives make Sura's hellish story all the more real and immediate," said PW. Ages 12-up. (May)
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