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Article: Adam Rapp: Under the Wolf, under the Dog.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
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- The Horn Book Magazine
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- January 1, 2005
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Adam Rapp Under the Wolf, under the Dog 310 pp. Candlewick 10/04 ISBN 0-7636-1818-7 $15.95 (High School)
In typical adolescent understatement, seventeen-year-old Steve Nugent titles his therapist-ordered autobiography "A Pretty Depressing Time in My Life." It describes his stay at Burnstone Grove, a home for suicidal or drug-addicted teens, and records the events that led to his committal, including his mother's death from cancer, his brother's suicide a few weeks later, his father's depression, and his own out-of-control behavior. Steve's unassuming, prepossessing narrative settles for a tone of neutral objectivity as he observes his downward spiral: oil a ...