The death of Jayson Porter
By: by Jaime Adoff.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781423106913
Subjects: Child abuse -- Juvenile fiction; Substance abuse -- Juvenile fiction; Emotional problems -- Juvenile fiction; Suicide -- Juvenile fiction; Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction; Novels in verse; Child abuse -- Fiction; Substance abuse -- Fiction; Emotional problems -- Fiction; Suicide -- Fiction; Racially mixed people -- Fiction; Novels in verse
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: In the Florida projects, sixteen-year-old Jayson struggles with the harsh realities of his life which include an abusive mother, a drug-addicted father, and not fitting in at his predominately white school, and bring him to the brink of suicide.