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In the tradition of The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Booklist has hailed Cameron as “one of the best writers about middle-class youth since Salinger”), Peter Cameron paints an indelible portrait of a teenage hero holding out for a better grownup world. - Publisher's summary]]> 110982 3.76 1433 420 2007 5 1 false Sun May 11 23:34:34 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 23:34:50 -0700 2008
James Svek doesn't really fit in. He isn't interested in the same things as other eighteen-year-old guys, doesn't even like people his age, and even keeps his family at a distance.

Nobody could blame James for being detached from his fam...more...]]>