Jordan

An exceptional understanding of the emotional life of older teens."" - Publishers Weekly. ""This introspective narrative tells the story of pathologically shy and troubled sixteen-year-old Jordan, whose strange behavior remains an ever-present mystery to his elder cousin Keith. Thrown together each year by the annual visits from Jordan's family, the two boys have a long history of suffering each other's company....Touches gracefully on subjects in need of illumination the psychological trauma rendered by years of abuse and the troubles that erupt while on the march to fulfill the `American Dream."" - Library Journal.