Under the Wolf, Under the Dog

Under the Wolf, Under the Dog by Rapp, Adam. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780763618186.

Alternately heartbreaking and starkly humorous, this teenagers brutal story of escape and desire for redemption is masterfully told by award-winning writer and film director Adam Rapp. Im what they call a Gray Grouper. The Red Groupers are the junkies and the Blue Groupers are the suicide kids. Steve Nugent is in a facility called Burnstone Grove. Its a place for kids who are addicts, like Shannon Lynch, who can stick $1.87 in change up his nose, or for kids who have tried to commit suicide, like Silent Starla, whom Steve is getting a crush on. But Steve doesnt really fit in either group. He used to go to a gifted school. So why is he being held at Burnstone Grove? Keeping a journal, in which he recalls his confused and violent past, Steve is left to figure out who he is by examining who he was.