Isbn: 9798245930893 - the only thing that worked: a greyhaven high school story (5 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Only Thing That Worked is a raw, intimate coming-of-age story set in the locked-in town of Greyhaven, where leaving is harder than staying-and growing up often means learning the wrong lessons first.Alex Navarro knows he's not supposed to fight anymore. After the underground fights at his old high school draw police attention and cost him everything, he promises himself this is over. New school. New rules. No fists.But Greyhaven High doesn't forget who you are.And it doesn't let go easily.Told in a restrained first-person voice, Alex's story follows fractured families, silent hallways, and the quiet pressure of expectations that never stop building. As friendships form, loyalties fracture, and consequences begin to surface, Alex is pulled back toward the one thing that ever gave him control-violence.This is not a story about glory or victory.It's about systems that fail quietly.About choices that feel inevitable.And about learning, too late, that survival is not the same as winning.The Only Thing That Worked is a grounded, emotionally driven novel about adolescence, masculinity, and the cost of doing what works-until it doesn't. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Only Thing That Worked is a raw, intimate coming-of-age story set in the locked-in town of Greyhaven, where leaving is harder than staying-and growing up often means learning the wrong lessons first.Alex Navarro knows he's not supposed to fight anymore. After the underground fights at his old high school draw police attention and cost him everything, he promises himself this is over. New school. New rules. No fists.But Greyhaven High doesn't forget who you are.And it doesn't let go easily.Told in a restrained first-person voice, Alex's story follows fractured families, silent hallways, and the quiet pressure of expectations that never stop building. As friendships form, loyalties fracture, and consequences begin to surface, Alex is pulled back toward the one thing that ever gave him control-violence.This is not a story about glory or victory.It's about systems that fail quietly.About choices that feel inevitable.And about learning, too late, that survival is not the same as winning.The Only Thing That Worked is a grounded, emotionally driven novel about adolescence, masculinity, and the cost of doing what works-until it doesn't. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …