Publication

2008 - Speak, New York, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

81,750 words, Guess

Page Count

327 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivejerkcalifornia00frie
  • ISBN-139780142412039
  • ISBN-100142412031
  • Goodreads3250465
  • LibraryThing5618330
and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.F91661 Je 2008
  • LCCPZ7.F91661Je 2008

Description

Twitch, Jerk, Freak—Sam Carrier has been called them all. Because of his Tourette's syndrome, Sam is in near constant motion with tics and twitches and verbal outbursts. So, of course, high school is nothing but torment. Forget friends; forget even hoping that beautiful, perfect Naomi will look his way. And home isn't much better with his domineering stepfather reminding him that the only person who was more useless than Sam was his dead father, Jack. But then an unexpected turn of events unearths the truth about his father. And suddenly Sam doesn't know who he is, or even where he'll go next. What he does know is that the only girl in the world who can make him happy and nervous at the same time is everywhere he turns...and he'd give anything just to be still.

Description

Plagued by Tourette's syndrome and a stepfather who despises him, Sam meets an old man in his small Minnesota town who sends him on a road trip designed to help him discover the truth about his life.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • Jerk, CaliforniaSpeak2008-01-01

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