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Finn Easton, sixteen years old and epileptic, struggles to feel like more than just a character in his father's cult-classic novels. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and violence.
Quick Summary
Finn discovers he's literally a character in his father's cult sci-fi novels, which means every weird thing that happens to him might already be written, making reality feel like aChoose Your Own Adventure book where the author is his own dad. Readers will love Finn's razor-sharp wit and the way he uses humor to survive epilepsy, his absent father, and the confusing sideways miles between who he really is versus who his dad created on the page. If your kid likes the raw, funny, emotionally messy vibe of "The Absolutely True Diary of Sallie Hester: A Covered Wagon Girl (First-Person Histories) a Part-Time Indian" or wants something that feels like a standard coming-of-age story that suddenly gets very weird, they'll be hooked. With an AR Level of 5.8 but written for teens dealing with complex feelings, this hits hardest for high schoolers in grades 9-12 who appreciate stories that play with reality itself.