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Freaked
Freaked
Freaked
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Freaked

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At a grateful dead concert you need:

Acid: two windowpanes taped to chest
checked

Tape deck for recording shows
Checked

Wad of cash
Checked

PB&J sandwiches for the munchies
Missing

Tickets to the show
Missing

.45 handgun
What?

Scotty Loveletter is in big trouble. He's about to be expelled from school, but all he cares about is getting to Freedom to see Jerry Garcia—even though he doesn't have tickets. But if dedicating his life to Jerryism has taught him anything, Scotty knows he's got to keep on trucking and smile, smile, smile.

In a stunning debut novel, J. T. Dutton crafts a brilliant story about an unforgettable teen finding himself in the music of one of the world's most beloved bands.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperTeen
Release dateMar 17, 2009
ISBN9780061923128
Freaked
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J. T. Dutton

J. T. Dutton is the author of Freaked, her debut novel. She was born in Connecticut, attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, and afterward spent time in Portland, Maine, and New York City before moving to Alaska to attend the University of Alaska Fairbanks MFA program. Her interests include backpacking, horseback riding, and yoga. She lives in eastern Ohio with her husband, her two children, and her cat.

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    The year is 1993. Scotty is a sophomore at an elite Connecticut boys’ boarding school. He is facing expulsion. The other boys tease him because his mother is a famous sex therapist. To cope, he smokes dope and drops acid. He idolizes Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. The story centers on a bad trip (literally and drug-induced) to a Grateful Dead concert for which he does not have a ticket; however, he does have a .45 caliber handgun.Dutton’s narrative is strong, but the book is full of clichés (e.g., last-chance prep school full of delinquent and unloved rich kids; dumb jocks; and socially inept nerds), and pre-personal cell phone cultural references that will be lost on fourteen-year-olds. All Scotty wants is to be loved by a real family; however, his is whiney and unsympathetic. Freaked is more of a baby-boomer memoir of acid trips and following the Dead than a contemporary young adult novel.

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