My Chemical Mountain

My Chemical Mountain
Authors
Vacco, Corina
Publisher
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Tags
young adult , contemporary
ISBN
9780307975041
Date
2013-06-11T00:00:00+00:00
Size
2.10 MB
Lang
en
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Rocked by his father's recent death and his mother's sudden compulsion to overeat, Jason lashes out by breaking into the abandoned mills and factories that plague his run-down town. Always by his side are his two best friends, Charlie, a fearless thrill junkie, and Cornpup, a geek inventor whose back is covered with cysts. The boys rage against the noxious pollution that suffocates their town and despise those responsible for it; at the same time, they embrace the danger of their industrial wasteland and boast about living on the edge. 

Then on a night the boys vandalize one of the mills,  Jason makes a costly mistake--and unwittingly becomes a catalyst for change. In a town like his, change should be a good thing. There's only one problem: change is what Jason fears most of all.