Spud

In "Spud", author Patricia Orvis, tells the tale of the stifling Illinois summer heat wave of 1995... Two unthinkable tragedies... How will sophomore Jackson Cooper deal with the horrific loss of a best friend, the unforgiving heat, the expectations...? How will he cope with the summer's events, find acceptance, win his girl, feel like life is meaningful again...? Or will he, too, succumb to a similar fate?