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Aftershock

by Kelly Easton · 2006

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TORMENT: EXTREME PAIN OR ANGUISH OF BODY OR MINDSeventeen-year-old Adam is tormented. His parents have just been killed in a car crash in Idaho, and he has survived. In a speechless state of shock, Adam begins walking home, back to Rhode Island. But he can't think in a straight line: The past and present blend and merge in his thoughts; the future's a blank; he's lost his voice and his money. Memories fling themselves at him like stones, some inflicting great pain.In Adam's harrowing journey he faces many challenges. He confronts situations that demand violence or compromise from him, forcing him to question what it means to be a man, even as he tries to find his voice in a world suddenly devoid of meaning. This gripping and haunting novel is the story of one young man's struggle to survive — literally — on the road, and to propel himself emotionally from despair to hope and freedom.

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
griefgriefMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thishigh schoolhigh schoolMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultadult
Length
short · 176 pages

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