Wise Young Fool

Author(s): Sean Beaudoin

Young Adult Fiction

Teenager Ritchie Sudden has a lot to deal with. He's still getting used to his mom's girlfriend. He plays in a band called Celestial Embryo / Death By End-Stage Syphilis / Wise Young Fool. His sister died three years ago. Ritchie Sudden is in a detention center. As Ritchie alternates between narrating his current life in a juvenile detention center, and the events that led him to that point, he tells a story that is in turns hilarious and heartbreaking. Wise Young Fool is getting ready to compete in Band Slam 2012 and Ritchie is growing to accept - and even love - his mother's girlfriend, but he can't forget what his sister told him a week before she was killed by a drunk driver...Written with a razor-sharp voice, Wise Young Fool is a humorous yet authentic look into the life of a teen boy.

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An edgy, hilarious high school story about a boy in a band, dealing with loss and anger

" 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"""

Sean Beaudoin is the author of Going Nowhere Faster which was nominated as one of YALSA's 'Best Books for Young Adults,' and Fade to Blue, which was called 'Infinite Jest for teens' by Booklist. His short stories and articles have appeared in numerous publications. Sean's website is www.seanbeaudoin.com.

General Fields

  • : 9780316203784
  • : Little, Brown & Company
  • : Little, Brown Young Readers
  • : 0.404
  • : June 2014
  • : 216mm X 135mm X 35mm
  • : United States
  • : August 2014
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Sean Beaudoin
  • : Paperback
  • : 823.92
  • : 464