You are Kyle Chase, a smart, underachieving fifteen-year-old high school student. Every day, you are afraid. You're afraid of not being liked, of not fitting in, that Ashley might not like you back... Of course, you'll never tell anyone that. You act like you don't care about anything, but you do.
You're also angry. You have this rage building towards the world around you as you're let down over and over again. People don't believe you when you said you didn't steal Jake's wallet, since he's a senior and an athlete. Your parents want you to get a job, which means you'll have to waste your time working at a minimum wage job doing menial work. Your teachers assign you easy mind-numbing busy work and expect you to do it, even though it's a joke. The conforming Aberzombies at school annoy you, even though you and your friends all wear the same black hoodie uniform every day to school. There has to be more to life than this. But what's the point?
YOU by Charles Benoit is a new young adult book written in a unique and unforgettable style. Benoit says, "Kyle Chase is not a bad kid. He's not a good kid, either. He's a typical kid. And, at one point in your life, he was you." Funny, powerful, and raw, you'll be pulled into this story and shocked by the ending. Are you ready?

1 COMMENTS!:
I'm looking forward to reading this one. I have it coming up before too long. :)
Lisa ~ YA Literature Lover
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