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Dear Life, You Suck

A Novel

Author: Scott Blagden  

In this emotionally powerful, funny debut, Cricket Cherpin needs to figure out what to do with his life before he turns eighteen. But life sucks--so why not just give up?

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In this emotionally powerful, funny debut, Cricket Cherpin needs to figure out what to do with his life before he turns eighteen. But life sucks--so why not just give up?

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Irreverent, foulmouthed seventeen-year-old Cricket is the oldest ward in a Catholic boys' home in Maine-and his life sucks. With prospects for the future that range from professional fighter to professional drug dealer, he seems doomed to a life of "criminal rapscallinity." In fact, things look so bleak that Cricket can't help but wonder if his best option is one final cliff dive into the great unknown. But then Wynona Bidaban steps into his world, and Cricket slowly realises that maybe, just maybe, life doesn't totally suck. AGES: 14+ AUTHOR: In addition to writing, Scott Blagden has been self-employed in real estate for thirty years. 'Dear Life, You Suck' is his first novel.

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Critic Reviews

“"A profane, profound debut. . . . One of the most wrenching and engaging young-adult books to come along in ages."--The Wall Street Journal "This is a truly original work, and fans of Sherman Alexie may find a new favorite in Blagden." --School Library Journal, starred review "Dear story, you rock. . . . All readers will appreciate Cricket's complex, lovable character and the strong adults who nourish it." --Kirkus "Through Cricket, Blagden offers a fine masculine viewpoint that expresses the intensity of grief." --Booklist "Readers who like male protagonists and gritty, contemporary settings will enjoy this carefully crafted novel." --VOYA, 3Q 3P J S "Cricket conveys his damage through a wildly inventive voice; his often profound philosophies and speculations about life, parents, art, sex, and God are couched in energetic (and sometimes shockingly profane) imagery that turn ordinary language into the verbal equivalent of a Chihuly glass sculpture--colorful, twisted, brittle, and arresting." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Holden Caulfield, meet 2013. With his irreverent, hilarious, and heartbreaking first novel, one thing is clear: Scott Blagden is the real thing." --Deb Caletti "Dear Life, You Suck will certainly offend a few and delight thousands. Profane, sacrilegious, and defiant, this debut novels crackles with energy. It has depth and human significance, by which I mean the real stuff of real life." --Ron Koertge "Cricket Cherpin is profane, funny, hard, vulnerable, kind, angry. In other words, he's as complex and as unique as you or me. His unusual and realistic voice will grab you from the first page and stay with you long after the last one." --Francisco X. Stork "Dear Cricket, you rock!" --Tim Wynne-Jones”

"A profane, profound debut. . . . One of the most wrenching and engaging young-adult books to come along in ages."--The Wall Street Journal "This is a truly original work, and fans of Sherman Alexie may find a new favorite in Blagden."
--School Library Journal, starred review
"Dear story, you rock. . . . All readers will appreciate Cricket's complex, lovable character and the strong adults who nourish it."
--Kirkus

"Through Cricket, Blagden offers a fine masculine viewpoint that expresses the intensity of grief."
--Booklist

"Readers who like male protagonists and gritty, contemporary settings will enjoy this carefully crafted novel."
--VOYA, 3Q 3P J S

"Cricket conveys his damage through a wildly inventive voice; his often profound philosophies and speculations about life, parents, art, sex, and God are couched in energetic (and sometimes shockingly profane) imagery that turn ordinary language into the verbal equivalent of a Chihuly glass sculpture--colorful, twisted, brittle, and arresting."
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Holden Caulfield, meet 2013. With his irreverent, hilarious, and heartbreaking first novel, one thing is clear: Scott Blagden is the real thing."
--Deb Caletti

"Dear Life, You Suck will certainly offend a few and delight thousands. Profane, sacrilegious, and defiant, this debut novels crackles with energy. It has depth and human significance, by which I mean the real stuff of real life."
--Ron Koertge

"Cricket Cherpin is profane, funny, hard, vulnerable, kind, angry. In other words, he's as complex and as unique as you or me. His unusual and realistic voice will grab you from the first page and stay with you long after the last one."
--Francisco X. Stork

"Dear Cricket, you rock!"
--Tim Wynne-Jones

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About the Author

Scott Blagden grew up in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and now makes his home on the coast near Cape Cod, where he enjoys being a dad to his teenage twins. In addition to writing, he has been self-employed in real estate for thirty years. Dear Life, You Suck is his first novel.

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Product Details

Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Published
3rd February 2015
Pages
320
ISBN
9780544336216

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