Chris Crutcher fills these three stories with raw emotion. They are
about insecurity, anger, and prejudice. But they are also about love,
freedom, and power. About surviving. And hope.
Every kid in this group wants to fly. Every kid in this group has too
much ballast.
Mr. Nak's Angry Management group is a place for misfits. A place for
stories. And, man, does this crew have stories.
There's Angus Bethune and Sarah Byrnes, who can hide from everyone but
each other. Together, they will embark on a road trip full of haunting
endings and glimmering beginnings.
And Montana West, who doesn't step down from a challenge. Not even when
the challenge comes from her adoptive dad, who's leading the school
board to censor the article she wrote for the school paper.
And straightlaced Matt Miller, who had never been friends with outspoken
genius Marcus James. Until one tragic week--a week they'd do anything to
change--brings them closer than Matt could have ever imagined.