Skinny White Freak
Los Angeles. Summer of 1978. Skateboarding and tanned bodies rule the SoCal landscape. Compared to other kids, 13-year-old Adam Lipsitz is an outcast. He is too skinny, too pale, too brainy. To make matters worse, just as his parents are separating, he's cast off to a local sleepaway camp, where he is relentlessly tormented by a bully named "Worm" for six interminable weeks. How Adam deals with being bullied forms the central question of Skinny White Freak. He finds hope in unexpected places -- diary entries, a sympathetic girl, and whimsical self-penned doodles, which include an alter-ego superhero named Ultra-Violet Man who destroys Worm. Ultimately, Adam learns not to let others define him. By summer's end, he makes the journey from kid to young adult, replacing fear with courage, cynicism with empathy, and low self-esteem with self-acceptance.
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FIRST PLACE - BEST YA BOOK
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LITERARY CLASSICS - SILVER AWARD
Excellence in Young Adult Fiction
Literary Classics is pleased to announce that the book Skinny White Freak, by Paul Haddad, has been selected to receive the Literary Classics Seal of Approval. The CLC Seal of Approval is a designation reserved for those books which uphold the rigorous criteria set forth by the Literary Classics review committee, a team comprised of individuals with backgrounds in publishing, editing, writing, illustration and graphic design.
Skinny White Freak, by Paul Haddad, is an often snarky and entirely entertaining coming-of-age tale of a teenaged boy who has finally reached his bullying threshold. Pushed to his limits he digs deep within to find a resolve he didn't know he had. Often witty, occasionally heart-rending, but always honest, this book offers an introspective glimpse into the tender frailty of youth. Skinny White Freak is a triumphant exploration of the weaknesses and strengths of the human spirit and a book that will resonate with readers of all ages.
Skinny White Freak, by Paul Haddad, is an often snarky and entirely entertaining coming-of-age tale of a teenaged boy who has finally reached his bullying threshold. Pushed to his limits he digs deep within to find a resolve he didn't know he had. Often witty, occasionally heart-rending, but always honest, this book offers an introspective glimpse into the tender frailty of youth. Skinny White Freak is a triumphant exploration of the weaknesses and strengths of the human spirit and a book that will resonate with readers of all ages.
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