Now there's a title to get your attention!
This young adult novel for mature readers is the story of 17 year old Evan. His mother has died, and Evan and his father move around a lot, so he is always the "new kid" in school. His interest in sex has grown as he has, and he has figured out a way to identify the "easy" girls in each new school, and arrange hook-ups with them. All without consequences, until he hooks up with the wrong girl at a very wrong time. After a vicious assault that leaves Evan scarred physically and emotionally, he and his dad move to a lake cottage in northern Minnesota; and Evan begins the slow process of healing.
A well-written first novel by Minnesotan, Carrie Mesrobian, this was a finalist for the William Morris Award (for debut novels), and won the Minnesota Book Award in 2014.
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