I read this book after the recommendation from Mrs. Spreder because she said it was a good story, but also very heartbreaking and disturbing. This book is about the challenges a teenage boy faces with his sexuality and communicating it to those closest to him; but it's also about a decision he has already made in that he will kill himself on his birthday after he has killed his former best friend for reasons the reader will learn throughout the book. The author, Matthew Quick tells this story of a teenage boy who is silently screaming for help over the course of several days that lead up to his birthday. While there are parts that make the reader laugh out loud with Leonard's witty sense of humor, knowing the inevitable makes the reader sympathetic for Leonard and hopeful that someone will reach out and help him during his darkest times.
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