Recovery Road
by:
Blake Nelson (author)
From acclaimed author Blake Nelson, the story of girl meets boy...in rehab.Madeline is sent away to Spring Meadows to help with a drinking and rage problem she has. It's a pretty intense place, but there is the weekly movie night in town--where Madeline meets Stewart, who's at another rehab place...
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From acclaimed author Blake Nelson, the story of girl meets boy...in rehab.Madeline is sent away to Spring Meadows to help with a drinking and rage problem she has. It's a pretty intense place, but there is the weekly movie night in town--where Madeline meets Stewart, who's at another rehab place nearby. They fall for each other during a really crazy time in their lives. Madeline gets out and tries to get back on her feet, waiting for Stewart to join her. When he does, though, it's not the ideal recovery world Madeline dreamed of. Both of them still have serious problems. And Stewart's are only getting worse....
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780545107297 (0545107296)
Publish date: March 1st 2011
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Food And Drink,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Health,
Family,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
Alcohol
Loved this book. Devoured it in a few hours, my eyes glued to the page. I dug Nelson's Destroy All Cars, but thought it suffered from the lack of an ending. Recovery Road does not. It's a truly satisfying journey. We meet Maddie when she's in rehab, and we leave her a long way from there. This book ...
Finally a book that gets the sense of place right! Normally I get frustrated reading a novel that takes place in a city I know well because they over describe, using too many street names and place names (I'm looking at you Big Girl Small!), but Blake Nelson easy sets Recovery Road in and around Por...
Semi-realistic portrayal of young addiction, 3.5 starsIn Blake Nelson's RECOVERY ROAD, Maddie finds herself in rehab after one too many drug and alcohol-fueled binges. Even though she feels like a teenage outcast, she befriends Trish, another recovering young addict, and Stewart, a beautiful boy wit...
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