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andlt;bandgt;In this gripping debut, a teen takes a bottle of pills and lands in the psych ward with the bully who drove him to attempt suicide.andlt;/bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Victor hates his life. Heand#8217;s relentlessly bullied at school and his parents constantly ridicule him at home.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Bull is angry. Heand#8217;s sick of his grandfatherand#8217;s drunken beatings. And he likes to take out his rage on Victor.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Determined to end it all, Victor takes a bottle of his motherand#8217;s sleeping pillsand#8212;only to be disappointed when he wakes up in the psych ward. And his roommate? None other than Bull, whose loaded-gun effort at self-defense has been labeled as a suicide attempt. Things go from bad to worseand#8212;until the boys discover they might just have something in common: a reason to live.
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and#8220;In this powerful debut novel, K.M. Walton takes an unrelenting look at the corrosive effects of bullying, sometimes coming from where one would least expect it. CRACKED crackles with emotional intensity from beginning to end.and#8221;andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;--James Howe, bestselling author of THE MISFITS
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"Readers who enjoy stories of dysfunction, personal growth, and redemption will love this book."andlt;BRandgt; and#8212; andlt;iandgt;VOYAandlt;/iandgt;, February 2012
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"[Bull's and Victor's] stories offer a strong message of hope to the bullied and abused." andlt;BRandgt; --andlt;iandgt;The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Booksandlt;/iandgt;, April 2012
Synopsis
Victor hates his life. He’s relentlessly bullied at school and his parents ridicule him for not being perfect. He’s tired of being weak, so he takes a bottle of his mother’s sleeping pills—only to wake up in the hospital.
Bull is angry, and takes all of his rage out on Victor. He’s the opposite of weak. And he’s tired of his grandfather’s drunken beatings, so he tries to defend himself with a loaded gun.
When Victor and Bull end up as roommates in the same psych ward, things go from bad to worse. Until they discover they might just have something in common: a reason to live.
Synopsis
In this gripping debut, a teen takes a bottle of pills and lands in the psych ward with the bully who drove him to attempt suicide.
Victor hates his life. He's relentlessly bullied at school and his parents constantly ridicule him at home.
Bull is angry. He's sick of his grandfather's drunken beatings. And he likes to take out his rage on Victor.
Determined to end it all, Victor takes a bottle of his mother's sleeping pills--only to be disappointed when he wakes up in the psych ward. And his roommate? None other than Bull, whose loaded-gun effort at self-defense has been labeled as a suicide attempt. Things go from bad to worse--until the boys discover they might just have something in common: a reason to live.
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Sometimes there’s no easy way out.
Victor hates his life. He has no friends, gets beaten up at school, and his parents are always criticizing him. Tired of feeling miserable, Victor takes a bottle of his mother’s sleeping pills—only to wake up in the hospital.
Bull is angry, and takes all of his rage out on Victor. That makes him feel better, at least a little. But it doesn’t stop Bull’s grandfather from getting drunk and hitting him. So Bull tries to defend himself with a loaded gun.
When Victor and Bull end up as roommates in the same psych ward, there’s no way to escape each other or their problems. Which means things are going to get worse—much worse—before they get better….
About the Author
andlt;b andgt;K. M. Waltonandlt;/bandgt; is a former middle-school language arts teacher and andlt;i andgt;Crackedandlt;/iandgt; is her fiction debut. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family.