 | Up Country is
one of the 100 "Best of the Best" by the American Library
Association for Young Adults of the Last 25 Years. |
| The main character, Carl, a high school
student, is and isn't your normal high school student. |
| Within the first chapter we learn he makes
all A's and he likes electronics. We also learn he lives in the
basement, fixes stolen stereos, and has the normal teenage problems as well
as the problems of living with an alcoholic mother. One of the first
things he does is to bail his mother out of jail for disorderly conduct and
assaulting a policeman. The "perfect" life he has arranged
for himself shatters when the State forces him first into a foster home and
then into living with little known relatives on a farm. |
| The book is an excellent view of how well
meaning adults can help. |
| Available from Amazon
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