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Andrew Smith

A teen at boarding school grapples with life, love, and rugby in a heartbreakingly funny novel.Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy. With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics, Ryan Dean manages to survive life’s complications and even find some happiness along the way. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what’s important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart. Filled with hand-drawn infographics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teen’s experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.

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Author

Andrew Smith

Pages

438

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

2013-05-14

ISBN

1442444924 9781442444928

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"Going into this, I thought I was going to read a cute lighthearted coming of age story. Believe me when I tell you this book SHATTERED my heart. It was still amazing though. I’d suggest this if you like teen drama that isn’t super stereotypical and overdone. "

Presley L

"This book had an amazing build up, the character development was incredible. It started out light hearted and shallow, but built up to a heart breaking conclusion. A in depth and real look into a teenage boys mind, and raw description of emotion and the reality of the turbulence of real life relationships, broken up with crude humor and funny plot twists. Would highly recommend, my brother who doesn’t like reading even said he loved this book. "