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Face the Music

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Tyler and Mason dream of escaping to the big city and getting started on their lives.

One night, Mason convinces Tyler to help him steal a car and they are soon having the adventure of a lifetime. Until they run out of gas. Stranded on the side of the highway, Mason blames Tyler, Tyler blames Mason and their argument turns physical. Their fight is broken up by a scruffy-looking guy who offers them a ride to the city. Eventually the teens realize their rescuer is none other than Sean Dakota, a heavy-metal musician who suddenly disappeared from the spotlight the previous year. Tyler is intrigued by this music legend, but Mason wants to take advantage of him. Listening to Sean and the lessons he's learned from his own life choices, Tyler starts to realize how dangerous and damaging his friendship with Mason is. But will he find the courage to branch out on his own?

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

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    • Kirkus

      December 15, 2021
      The first step in changing your life is admitting that there's a problem. After suffering ongoing verbal abuse at home, 16-year-old Tyler is convinced to leave his small town one night by Mason, an older boy with a worse home life and severe anger management issues. Mason's plan--to steal a car and drive into the city--is thwarted when the duo run out of gas on the highway and are rescued by Sean Dakota, an intimidating former member of a heavy metal band who many assumed had died when he went missing from his California home a year earlier. Dakota temporarily takes the two misfits in, but when Tyler realizes how quickly Mason will bite the hand that feeds him and how one-sided their friendship really is, he vows to change. This novella may be short, but it provides a variety of topics for readers to discuss, and the characters have a surprising amount of depth. While some may question the relatively quick resolutions to Tyler's problems, there's still enough Sturm und Drang to make the ending seem plausible enough, and this is a strong choice for reluctant readers. Main characters are minimally described and read as White; Tyler's grandfather emigrated from an unspecified non-English-speaking country. Brief but memorable. (Fiction. 12-18)

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  • English

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  • Lexile® Measure:600
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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