Author: DC Pierson
Reading level: Ages 10 and up
Summary:
Fifteen-year-old Darren Bennett lives in an entirely recognizable teenage world. He's obsessed with science fiction and video games, bullied by his older brother, and completely baffled by the opposite sex. On the other hand, Darren's new, socially awkward best friend, Eric Lederer, lives a life unrecognizable to everyone. This is a novel about two high school boys bonding with each other. Eric and Darren share the same interest in drawing. When they meet each other for the first time, there’s an instant click because they share many common interests. Eric is interested in Darren’s drawings and Darren is fascinated about Eric’s secret: He doesn’t sleep at all. Darren is quite shock about his friend’s secret but later start to explore Eric’s condition with funny trials and experiments. During a fight at school, he accidently leaks out Eric’s weird secret and things start to change for both of them. Now the government wants to tap into Eric’s mind to learn what he is capable of. They begin their journey running away and face many hilarious situations.
Review:
This book is very hilarious and interesting to read. Darren’s a funny boy who constantly comments on his peers and himself. I found this novel to be complex as it revealed a young man’s awakening. How he find the power of his own creativity. He then learns how love and the meaning of sex, the idea of manhood. I personally think this novel is a little too much to absorb for tween or younger kids as it talks about drugs and sex. The author did a great job in describe how the boys cope with the changes that they are going through in their age.
Award: Alex Award
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