I may be particularly tuned in lately to teenage boys after my own novel CATCHER, CAUGHT but Emma Rathbone's PATTERNS OF PAPER MONSTERS evokes the world of juvey in an accessible and realistic story about 17 year-old Jacob who's tendency to violence stems from his anger at the world and his mother's boyfriend. The 'kids' in this book are so real and the adults who want to help so fairly portrayed despite the disrespect Jacob has for them, it will appeal to adult and teenage readers. And Rathbone works magic with words, amazing descriptions of buildings "the cartilage" and people "once they've reached the end of whatever personal disppointment corridor they've started on, a secret shoved way down deep into the butt pocket of the universe. . ." WOW. The Patterns of Paper Monsters
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