"I hate the world and everything in it. And that includes me." That is what Carson submits for his English assignment. He goes to a “last chance” private school for kids who have flunked out everywhere else. The people who live in the small town aren’t too fond of the “Flunked Out Academy” students and make their opinions known. Carson ends up meeting a local who has it worse than he does - Christine lives alone in a trailer after being abandoned by her parents. They start to look out for each other and try to provide comfort against the hard world.The characters in this book seems so real - you really feel their pain.
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I've just started reading this book and so far it seems really interesting. I'm only a few chapters in but already I am intrigued by Carson who comes from a privileged background and a family with parents that he admits are 'good parents' that try hard with him and yet still he finds himself in the “Flunked Out Academy” hating the world and everything in it. I'm really interested to see how his meeting a poor local girl who seems even more messed up than he is will change his story.
I really liked the realness of this book. The author did a good job of tying things up in the end without painting an unrealistic picture of 'happily ever after.'
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