Patrick FloresScott Boeken

Sam has the rules of slackerhood down: Don't be late to class. Don't ever look the teacher in the eye. Develop your blank stare. Since his mom left, he has become an expert in the art of slacking, especially since no one at his new school gets his intense passion for the music of the Pacific Northwest—Nirvana, Hole, Sleater-Kinney. Then his English teacher begins a slam poetry unit and Sam gets paired up with the daunting, scarred, clearly-a-gang-member Luis, who happens to sit next to him in every one of his classes. Slacking is no longer an option—Luis will destroy him. Told in Sam's raw voice and interspersed with vivid poems, Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott is a stunning debut novel about differences, friendship, loss, and the power of words.

Told over the course of forty-eight hours, seventeen-year-old Tony heads back to his old life in Des Moines, Washington after being released from a youth detention center, but toxic old relationships and unforseen challenges make staying on the straight-and-narrow nearly impossible.

Teodorovi je sedmnáct a už nechce být jen lemplem, co se protlouká střední školou. Když na vysoké škole svých snů potká dávnou kamarádku z dětství, přeskočí jiskra a Teo má o motivaci navíc. Je na nejlepší cestě za skvělými školními výsledky a vstupenkou na vysokou, když v tom se vrátí bratr Manny z vojenské operace v Iráku a najednou je všechno jinak. Teo se potřebuje učit, jenže Manny potřebuje pomoc... Sestra Xochitl neváhá, oba bratry naloží do auta a společně se vydají na road trip po místech, na kterých jim záleží.