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"So real it hurts." - David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Kids of AppetiteFans of Andrew Smith and Matt de la Pena will be captivated by this summer-in-the-life of a teenage guy growing up in a trailer park in Eugene, Oregon. Travis plans to spend the summer as follows: * Working on his basketball game with his friend, Creature. * Reading excerpts from Creature's novel-in-progress: The Pervert's Guide to Russian Princesses. * Canoeing around the lake, trying to catch a glimpse of the beautiful girl who just moved in. * Not getting into trouble, not going back to juvie . . . * Searching the homeless camps for his mother, with a jar full of cash to help her get back on her feet. From a powerful new voice in YA literature comes an unforgettable account of growing up, making mistakes, and growing out of the shadow of drug abuse."A raw offbeat novel with an abundance of honesty and heart." - Publishers Weekly, starred review"Hoffmeister crushes it. There is blood and truth on every page." - Estelle Laure, author of This Raging Light
About the Author
Peter Brown Hoffmeister is the author of five books including the forthcoming Too Shattered For Mending (Knopf, Random House, 2017) . His books have been translated into Chinese, German, and Italian. He was an Oregon Literary Arts fellow in fiction, 2006, and also served as the spring 2015 Writer-In-Residence at Joshua Tree National Park.
A former troubled teen, Hoffmeister was expelled from three high schools, arrested, remanded to a parole/rehabilitation program, and lived for a short while in a Greyhound Bus station. These stories are included in his 2011 memoir The End Of Boys (Soft Skull Press) .
Hoffmeister is now an author, rock climber, public speaker, survival expert, and athlete gear-tester for Ridgemont Outfitters. He lives in Eugene, Oregon with his wife Jennie and two daughters, and runs the Integrated Outdoor Program at South Eugene High School.
