Synopses & Reviews
Getting caught changed Sura's life.
He's been shipped off to Hamstock, a juvenile detention center that's worse than most. At the Stock they don't try to keep juvies till they reform. They just keep guys till they feel like letting them go.
Sura and his patchmate, a kid named Coly Jo, look out for each other and try to evade the Stock's sadistic games. But things turn bad last for Coly Jo, and Sura helplessly watches his friend's descent into hell, determined to escape with his own body and spirit intact -- if he can.
Synopsis
While serving a six-month sentence at a juvenile detention center, thirteen-year-old Sura struggles to survive the experience with his spirit intact.
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Young men serving time in a detention center must discover themselves and find their own strength in this School Library Journal Best Book.
About the Author
Adam Rapp is an accomplished playwright. He has received the Herbert and Patricia Brodkin Scholarship and Boston's Elliot Norton Award, and his work was short-listed for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. His works have appeared at the Edge Theater in New York City, the Arcola Theatre in London, and at theaters in Pittsburgh and Chicago. His first feature film, Winter Passing, which he wrote and directed, was released in 2005. Mr. Rapp lives in New York City.