Jamie is fourteen- years old and has gone AWOL from military school. His goal is to travel across country and get to his oldest brother “P” before he dies of cancer. On his trip, which takes many days he encounters all types of intriguing people and experiences many weird things. He writes all of his thoughts and experiences down in a notebook. Each entry is written as a letter addressed to family and friends that he will never send. This was a very honest, gritty book. Between Jamie’s encounters with a transsexual, getting jumped in a bathroom and getting touched by an old man and that’s just the tip of the iceberg, you’re not sure what will happen next. In addition to the situations that Jamie gets himself into, his dialogue and thoughts are very authentic. The most unique thing about this book was that it’s hard to know what race Jamie is. In the beginning based on his manner of speech and his nickname “Punkzilla” I thought he was black. Eventually you realize that things aren’t always what they seem. My only issue with the book was the ending. I thought it ended way too abruptly and left a lot of questions unanswered. However, it did leave room for a sequel.
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