An edition of Kerosene (1999)

Kerosene

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Kerosene
Chris Wooding
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An edition of Kerosene (1999)

Kerosene

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This book is about rage and release. It's about feeling your life is out of control. It's about knowing that if one more thing goes wrong, it will push you over the edge. It is about what you do to calm yourself - what you do to let out the demons. You find refuge in your friends. You try to find someone to love, or at least like for a while. You push yourself to the limit. And if that doesn't work, you burn things. You destroy things, You cry out and wonder if anyone hears. There are millions of boys like Cal in high schools across America. He's got an okay family and some screwed up friends. He wants everything to go right and tries to do good when he can. He's neither popular or unpopular. He's just there, and there is an inarticulate tension inside him, awaiting release.

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Scholastic, Inc.
Language
English

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Cover of: Kerosene
Kerosene
2003, Scholastic
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Kerosene
2002, Scholastic, Inc.
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Cover of: Kerosene
Kerosene
2002, Scholastic
in English

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Open Library
OL24294373M
ISBN 10
0439740118
OCLC/WorldCat
52927185
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0F185B96-3B9D-4462-9C79-B5F21BF10E6A

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From GoodReads by Jinx:The:Poet—“ Kerosene is the dark story of a young man, named Cal, by day a quiet social outcast, by night... a frustrated, tormented pyromaniac, burning to feel control over something, anything, in his life and desperate to express himself. It begins as a habit, his playing with fire, but his desire to burn things soon gets out of hand as time goes on, especially when a girl he likes begins playing mind games with him and his only friend, Joel, begins drifting away. It is a story, with devastating consequences of how dark secrets can suddenly become destructive, however the ending was a bit hurried and inconsequential. Although the writing itself could at time be clunky, it was a very interesting and compelling read. I found Cal to be a highly relatable character, especially if one has been in his shoes, as a silent outsider, a lone misfit or a youth tormented with dark and destructive urges ignited from inner rage and powerlessness of teenage life. ”

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