A teen boy thinks his vaping habit is harmless until it becomes a crippling addiction of nightmarish dimensions in this βvividβ (School Library Journal) young adult novel from Newbery and National Book Award winner Cynthia Kadohata.
So, stuff has, like, a beginning and an end.
And you donβt really realize that until the end, or right before.
Before that, youβre just thinking that you and your homies are chillinβ and getting high, and itβs all gonna work out. You know?
Truth is, the way life works is that you were born in the eye of a hurricane, and you think thatβs just the way life is, calm-like.
Untilβ¦it isnβt.
So, yeah, Elijah is only sixteen, and already he would change a lot of stuff if he could go back in time.
But you canβt ever do that.
And when you canβt, thatβs when you find out who you really are.