How would you feel if a reality TV show barged into your house when you were five--and it was about you? Gerald Faust spent the first five years of his dreadful life in this nightmare, a little retard who pooped on everything and screamed whenever he was upset. That's what everyone knows him as--the Crapper. Being on TV never helped his life, but made it worse. But everything changes when he meets a girl called Hannah, a sweetheart with her own life problems. Gerald is taken on a roller-coaster of love, fear, and surprise. But there's one thing for sure--his life is about to be changed.
Reality Boy
By A.S. King
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 9 - 12 | Grade 4 | n/a | 3.8 | 75243 |
In this fearless portrayal of a boy on the edge, highly acclaimed Printz Honor author A.S. King explores the desperate reality of a former child "star" struggling to break free of his anger.
Gerald Faust started feeling angry even before his mother invited a reality TV crew into his five-year-old life. Twelve years later, he's still haunted by his rage-filled youth--which the entire world got to watch from every imaginable angle--and his anger issues have resulted in violent outbursts, zero friends, and clueless adults dumping him in the special education room at school. No one cares that Gerald has tried to learn to control himself; they're all just waiting for him to snap. And he's starting to feel dangerously close to doing just that...until he chooses to create possibilities for himself that he never knew he deserved.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published on 9/23/2014
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 400