This is the part where you laugh
Rising sophomore Travis and his best friend, Creature, spend a summer in a Eugene, Oregon, trailer park dealing with cancer, basketball, first love, addiction, gang violence, and a reptilian infestation.
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Conduct of life > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Friendship > Fiction. Basketball stories. Sick > Fiction. Poverty > Fiction. |
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Young adult fiction. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 9780553538106
- Physical Description 331 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2016.
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This Is the Part Where You Laugh
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This Is the Part Where You Laugh
High school sophomore, Travis, plans to spend the summer as follows- -Practicing basketball with his best friend, Creature. -Reading excerpts of Creature's novel-in-progress- The Pervert's Guide to Russian Princesses. -Paddling around the lake, trying to catch a glimpse of the beautiful girl who just moved in. -Trying, also, to catch a glimpse of the monster that has been gobbling up the neighbors' pets. -Not shoplifting, not getting into trouble. -Searching the homeless encampments for his mother, with a jar full of cash to help her get back on her feet. The summer takes a dark turn when Creature is attacked by a gangbanger in a pick-up game. He survives, but the attack sets into motion a chain of events that threatens both boys' futures.... From a powerful new voice in YA literature comes an unforgettable account of growing up, making mistakes, and growing out of the shadow of drug abuse.