Wise Young Fool - Sean Beaudoin

Wise Young Fool

By: Sean Beaudoin

Hardcover | 6 August 2013 | Edition Number 1

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Teen rocker Ritchie Sudden is pretty sure his life has just jumped the shark. Except he hates being called a teen, his band doesn't play rock, and "jumping the shark" is yet another dumb cliche.

Part of Ritchie wants to drop everything and walk away. Especially the part that's serving ninety days in a juvenile detention centre.

Telling the story of the year leading up to his arrest, Ritchie grabs readers by the throat before (politely) inviting them along for the (max-speed) ride. A battle of the bands looms. Dad split about five minutes before Mom's girlfriend moved in. There's the matter of trying to score with the dangerously hot Ravenna Woods while avoiding the dangerously huge Spence Proffer--not to mention just trying to forget what his sister, Beth, said the week before she died.

This latest offering from acclaimed author Sean Beaudoin is alternately raw, razor-sharp, and genuinely hilarious.

About the Author

Sean Beaudoin is the author of You Killed Wesley Payne, Going Nowhere Faster which was nominated as one of YALSA's "Best Books for Young Adults," Fade to Blue, which was called "Infinite Jest for teens" by Booklist, and The Infects. His short stories and articles have appeared in numerous publications.
Industry Reviews
* "Beaudoin is the Fred Astaire of comic writing, translating each sentence into a manic dance routine of half-invented jargon ("chewing the profunda-cud") on his way to blessedly non-cloying coming-of-age glory." - Booklist, starred review

*"The author does a brilliant job getting into the head of a troubled teen and does not shy away from racy topics." - School Library Journal, starred review

"Larger-than-life characters....Behind the music quest, sarcasm and pursuit of girls, however, lies a more complicated and often compelling story about family, grief and flawed coping mechanisms." - Kirkus

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