The Mission

Zusatztext When his older brother Kenny is killed in Iraq! fifteen-year-old Kaden Norris honors one of his last requests by flying to San Francisco to attend a book reading by Kenny's hero! Chuck Palahniuk. Kaden stays with his cousin James Morgan! another well-known author who is in his mid-thirties but parties hard and does all kinds of drugs with a much younger crowd. His girlfriend Caralie keeps a loose watch over Kaden! but he becomes enamored with the music and drug scene of San Francisco's radial youth culture. Before long! he is tossing back shots and doing lines of coke. He falls for Caralie! buys booze with a fake ID! gets into a street fight! loses his virginity! and discovers horrific family secrets all within a week. After an intense talk with James! Kaden returns to Dysart! Iowa! determined to live life by his own rules. Disgustingly dirty crash pads! heavy metal talk! fashion reports! and references to Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club scream "cool setting." But scenes of debahuchery crowd out deeper plot development that could garner empathy for Kaden and his problems. Like most teens! he is full of self-doubt and swayed by peer pressure! but his self-discovery happens too quickly to feel authentic. Saturated with F-bombs and other expletives! scenes of drug use! and gratuitous hook-up sex! this novel is not for everyone. Kids will love its 'in your face" attitude but it is not this generation's Catcher in the Rye . ---VOYA April 2010 Informationen zum Autor Jason Myers is the author of five teen novels, including his debut, Exit Here , which became a cult classic. He lives in San Francisco, California. Find him online at JasonMyersAuthor.com or follow him on social media at @JasonMyersBooks. Klappentext Kaden Norris's life is shattered when his older brother is killed in Iraq. All Kaden has left of Kenny is a letter! urging him to go to San Francisco to visit his cousin! James! who introduces him to a life filled with drugs! sex! and apathy. The Mission Saturday, May 31st THE CAR CREEPS TO THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY AND turns onto the gravel road, the tires kicking up a small cloud of dust that whips into a spiral in the dead air before disappearing just as quickly as it came. I roll my window down and swallow a heavy gulp of humidity and look at my mom and take a deep breath. She smiles real big, and it seems authentic, and this puts me at ease to a small degree. If she can feel good about my journey, then what is there for me to really, truly worry about? My mom guides the car onto the boiling black asphalt in front of us, turns the radio up, and rolls her own window down halfway. Her long brown hair blows in the breeze coming in and shines in the sunlight. She looks so pretty. Way better than she ever has over the past six months. She’s wearing an olive green dress and white flats, and she slides her sunglasses over her eyes and says, “I’m so excited for you. You’re going to do great out there, Kaden.” “I’m sure I will. It’s gonna be fun. New, ya know.” “Something that you’ve never come close to living,” she says. I turn my eyes out the front of the window. It’s so sunny today, and the sky is blue. White puffy clouds that look like zoo animals float everywhere above us. And a tiny bit of me still can’t believe that I’m doing this. That I’m going to San Francisco to see Chuck Palahniuk read and stay with my cousin James Morgan, and most important, that I’m seeing the final wish of my brother through. My best friend in the world. I’m doing what he wanted us to do before he died in Iraq. I’m taking care of the rest of the business he couldn’t be around to finish. We glide past giant spaces of green country, horses, cows, hogs, and big hous...

Product details

• Authors: Jason Myers
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 14 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.01.2010
• EAN: 9781416984559
• ISBN: 978-1-4169-8455-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Subject: Children's and young people's books