A teen boy thinks his vaping habit is harmless until it becomes a crippling addiction of nightmarish dimensions in this โvividโ (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 donโt really realize that until the end, or right before.
Before that, youโre just thinking that you and your homies are chillinโ and getting high, and itโs 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 thatโs just the way life is, calm-like.
Untilโฆit isnโt.
So, yeah, Elijah is only sixteen, and already he would change a lot of stuff if he could go back in time.
But you canโt ever do that.
And when you canโt, thatโs when you find out who you really are.