Freeze Tag on the Highway

by Brian Krans

Freeze Tag on the Highway takes place during the last week of summer at Camp Wazeecha, a therapeutic, confidence-boosting camp for teens with developmental disorders, low self-esteem, and authority issues.While the brochure promises positive results, the camp's director, Jake, sedates himself with the kids' medication while leaving them to play on the jungle gyms of their chemical imbalances. When most of the staff quits in protest, Jake is forced to watch a few of the kids he despises more than the camp itself.Author Brian Krans ruthlessly intertwines images of picturesque summers and the chaos of being a teenager. His first novel was A Constant Suicide.

Genres: Fiction

316 pages, Paperback

First published July 19, 2011

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

During the first quarter of this book I was annoyed. Having been previously impressed with Krans, I continued reading solely due to my hopes that "Freeze Tag On The Highway" would do to me what "A Constant Suicide" did. To the reader who makes it to page 80 and is wondering why you're reading an emotionally charged Palanhuik knock-off: KEEP READING. As I hoped, Krans gave me a glare at the life I try to pretend doesn't exist with burdensome prose and unnecessarily weighty sentences. I say "unnecessarily" and "overly" but it's important to the narration that this amount of depth is placed in Jake's head. It works to the advantage of the story. Freeze Tag will disturb you with its black and blue (rather than rose-colored) version of summer camp and the temerity to go where Jay McInerey and Chuck Palanhuik haven't the practicality or insight to go. I recommend this book to people who wish Palanhuik and McInerey would write a book together.

[Esther Windt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is absolutely fabulous. I love it. The main character embodies the idea of him not being a good person but at least being an interesting character. The way the characters all interact are perfect. The writing and descriptions feel great especially when he’s experiencing the highs. Might be a new favorite of mine. I’ll have to stew over it for a while to really know for sure

[Daniel Cruz Rojas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Keep fucking reading. Starting it’s not that easy and maybe a little boring but if you’re patience enough you’ll get your reward. Totally recommended.