Nailed - Hardcover

Jones, Patrick

 
9780802780775: Nailed
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0802780776 ISBN 13: 9780802780775
Verlag: Walker Childrens, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

The nail that sticks out farthest gets hammered the hardest.

Flint Southwestern High School is run by a cult: the jockarchy. And Bret Hendricks could never fit into their conformity cult. Bret doesn't mind standing out from the crowd when he's on stage acting or singing in his band. And he feels at home in his funky girlfriend's arms because sticking out together doesn't seem as hard.

But loyalties aren't what Bret thinks they are, as his safe havens seem to disappear one by one, and he learns that sometimes you just have to risk getting hammered in order to build a great future.

For any teen who feels that standing out is harder than just conforming. Patrick Jones's second novel nails the real truth about the high price of hiding one's true self.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

PATRICK JONES received lifetime achievement awards from both the American Library Association and the Catholic Library Association for his work motivating young people to read. He is also the author of many teen novels, including The Tear Collector, Stolen Car, and Things Change. Patrick was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, and currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Rezensionen

Gr. 9-12. Sixteen-year-old Bret Hendricks personifies his father's adage: "The nail that sticks out the farthest gets hammered hardest." He's an actor in a school that worships jocks, a semi-intellectual in a blue-collar family, a kid with a ponytail in a school that values conformity. Although he secretly longs to be normal, he just can't bring himself to give up his love of theater--or his argumentative tendencies. The consequences of his aggressiveness are great: school suspensions, loss of his driving privileges, and a potential lawsuit for damaging a former buddy's car. This is a raw novel, filled with intolerance and pain, and many readers will recognize and identify with the small, everyday horrors that Bret endures because he can't or refuses to conform. Using multidimensional characters, Jones ably explores the dynamics of raising successful, independent children, at the same time exposing the difficulty faced by an educational system charged with celebrating independent thought and individual differences while enforcing rules and keeping kids safe. A tough, revealing book worthy of discussion. Frances Bradburn
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Grade 9 Up Bret does most things the hard way, according to his father, and the teen is sure his dad hates him. He's more interested in acting than sports and covers his long green-tinted hair with a fedora. It takes Bret most of his junior year to understand what his dad always told him: the nail that sticks out the farthest gets hammered hardest as he struggles to deal with the jockarchy at school and their constant taunts (mostly being called a faggot or a homo because he's a born artist). As in Jones's Things Change (Walker 2004), the father/son relationship is central to this story. While readers may feel a bit hit over the head with the nail imagery, tension and frustration build naturally. Subplot relationships are believable and well developed, such as tender sexual moments with Kylee, Bret's girlfriend, and language is realistically raw to reflect Bret's anger and frustration. Issues of free speech, conformity, and the power of the in-crowd all surround Bret as he begins to buck the school's establishment and to stand up for himself. References to pop culture such as WWF, The Green Mile, and Austin Powers will attract many teens. Without being too preachy, Jones gives Bret several mentors: his theater teacher, his school counselor, and, yes, even parents, who help him sort out the roller-coaster ride of his life. Kelly Czarnecki, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg, NC
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Verlag
Walker Childrens
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0802780776
ISBN 13 
9780802780775
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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