Saint Iggy
Orlando : Harcourt, [2006]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 260 pages ; 22 cm
I am not so bad a person once you get to know me.
When Iggy Corso gets kicked out of high school, there's no one for him to tell. His mother has gone off, his father is stoned on the couch, and the phone's been disconnected, so even the social worker can't get through. Leaving his public housing behind, Iggy ventures into the world to make something of his life. It's not easy when you're sixteen, have no skills, and your only friend is mixed up with the dealer who got your mom hooked. But Iggy is . . . Iggy, and he has the kind ofwisdom that lets him see what no one else can.
K. L. Going's third novel is a haunting achievement about a young man's tragic search for meaning in a world that to him makes no sense.
When Iggy Corso gets kicked out of high school, there's no one for him to tell. His mother has gone off, his father is stoned on the couch, and the phone's been disconnected, so even the social worker can't get through. Leaving his public housing behind, Iggy ventures into the world to make something of his life. It's not easy when you're sixteen, have no skills, and your only friend is mixed up with the dealer who got your mom hooked. But Iggy is . . . Iggy, and he has the kind ofwisdom that lets him see what no one else can.
K. L. Going's third novel is a haunting achievement about a young man's tragic search for meaning in a world that to him makes no sense.
Subjects:
Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Drug abuse -- Fiction.
Family problems -- Fiction.
Poor -- Fiction.
Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Drug abuse -- Fiction.
Family problems -- Fiction.
Poor -- Fiction.
Target Audience: 1090L
ISBN:
0152057951 (hdbk : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TF Going | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Fiction | In |