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Peter Hoffmeister was a nervous child who ran away repeatedly and bit his fingernails until they bled. Home-schooled until the age of fourteen, he had only to deal with his parents and siblings on a daily basis, yet even that sometimes proved too much for him. Over the years, he watched his... read more

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  • Peter: the oldest of 6 children, strong willed, good athletic skills.Troubled, intelligent,home schooled.full of anger and is indifferent
  • Mallory: Smart,wears a black Mohawk, looks hot ,drug addict
  • Cooper: Pete.s brother good friends through out life strong ,competitive, adventurous.
  • Mr. Thomas: Athletic Director 260 lbs college wrestler and football lineman. vindictive.
  • Steve: ex-Navy crew cut red faced wants to be one of the boys
  • Daniel: has a 1974 completely refurbished Cadillac. Thinning Hair, expensive clothes
  • James: known as a boy who can seduce a girl ,make up a song in 30 seconds, tall,big feet and long awkward hands.
  • Brian: Add a description of this character.
  • Fowler
  • Hillary: little sister, liar, think like her father ,
  • Kyle: good friend of the Hoffmeister boys
  • Levi: Senior, Soft and big glasses
  • Ellis: at age 3 developed a tick and started stringing works together example; Please,Please,Thank you,Please,yes thank you , Please and would just keep repeating
  • Mike: Mike Hoskin Linebacker on football team
  • Letterman: drug dealer,worthless, cheater
  • Haley
  • Ben: Cross- country team mate. has college scholarship for running.
  • Bill: father figure gives advice like to put his arm around the guys shoulder. big strong and fat
  • Doidge: He has done stealing and drinking
  • Tara: Called Pete and lied saying Malley committed suicide
  • Mrs. Stahlberg: middle aged ,cancer surviver,took and interest in Pete she realized he loved to read and she gave him a stack of books..
  • Maria: Bill's wife 25 years old believes in voodoo likes Pete
  • Jonah: A white kid who wants to be black.crummy rapper,slang and wears saggy pants
  • John
  • Todd: tries to kill Brian foot ball player
  • Jimmy
  • Pris: gives Pete a place to stay.
  • Aaron: Brags about setting pipe bombs in school bathroom
  • Chung Seoul: a second degree black belt has a bullet in his leg, a wide scar on top if left side of chest
  • Chris Fowler: Point guard on the basket ball team. chubby, strong pale whit ,has thick acne ,loves hip hop
  • Mr. Grubb: new head master he is ridged and has a mustache.
  • Mr. Bean: Headmaster going to be Pete's mentor.
  • Dan Cortez: room mate, loyal integrity
  • Jeremy: spineless ,coward a rich academic snob.
  • Tommy Glen: mentor walks like a Neanderthal, smiles a lot bartender
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Chung Seoul: * person not not a place
  • Dallas: greyhound station
  • Oregon: Home, Eugene
  • East Texas: If you have $5.00 and a drivers License you are not arrested for walking along road . Home of Texas State Penitentiary.
  • Woodbridge Prep: New York,boarding school
  • Tucson: foothills of Santa Catalina
  • Tennessee: Lion gate School . Seymour,Tennessee
  • Colorado: Outback Colorado wilderness Experience. Manlaton Springs
  • Maine: Kennebunk Port with Ben for Thanksgiving
  • San Francisco

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First Sentence edit see section history

I sneak the shot gun.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1, The Cat
2. Family Science
3,Infection
4.Running Away
5.Church Rules
6. Coop
7.Woodbridge Prep
8.Cross-Country
9. Christmas
10. Selling Ben Out
11. Expelled
12 The Letter
13. Tennessee
14. Chung Seng
15. Tong Seng
16. Maria
17. The Plan
18. The Cemetery
19. My Grandparents' House
20. Letterman
21. Darkness in the Afternoon
22. The Shoulder
23. Expulsion Number Three
24 Life Challenge
25. Hitchhiking
26. Dallas
27 A new day
28. Home
29. Life of the Painted Bird
30.Gun Incidents
31 The Lord Giveth
32. A Mentor
33. The End of Boys

Glossary edit see section history

  • Bifurcate: the splitting of a main body into two parts
  • coruscate: to give of light ,to sparkle , to exhibit brilliant technique or style
  • Ostracize: exclude form group, by common consent
  • Photosynthesis: using energy from sunlight
  • Quixotic: foolish, impractical , especially in pursuit of ideas
  • Paradox: a seemingly true statement that leads to a contradiction or a situation which seems to defy logic or intuition.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Peter Brown Hoffmeister (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 24, 2011
ISBN: 1593764200
Page Count: 224

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