Skinny White Freak: A "coming of rage" novel - Softcover

Haddad, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1503375838 ISBN 13: 9781503375833

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Los Angeles, 1978. Skateboarding and tanned bods rule the SoCal landscape. Compared to his groovy peers, 13-year-old Adam Lipsitz is an outcast. He is too skinny, too pale, too brainy. To make matters worse, just as his parents are separating, he’s cast off to Kamp Kickapoo, where he faces the prospect of being tormented by a bully named "Worm” for six interminable weeks. Then... a horrific event rocks Adam’s world. And there’s no turning back. How Adam deals with being bullied forms the core of Skinny White Freak. By summer's end, Adam will make the journey from kid to young adult, striving to replace fear with courage, cynicism with empathy, and low self-esteem with self-acceptance.

About this title

About the Author:

In addition to writing Skinny White Freak, Paul Haddad created the book’s 65 illustrations. His prior books include High Fives, Pennant Drives, and Fernandomania: A Fan’s History of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Glory Years, 1977-1981, which the Daily News called one of the best baseball books of 2012. His book 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.: 52 Walking Adventures regularly ranked on the Best-Seller List for Southern California in 2015 and 2016. He also published a sci-fi thriller called Aramid, which took Third Place, Best Science Fiction Novel, at the 2016 Hollywood Book Festival. His website is: paulhaddadbooks.com

Review:

Los Angeles Book Festival - 2017 - Young Adult - First Place Literary Classics - 2017 - Silver Honors, Excellence in YA FictionNational Indie Excellence Awards - 2017 - Juvenile Fiction - Finalist

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1503375838
• ISBN 13: 9781503375833
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188
• Illustrator: Haddad Paul