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OLDER FICTION
Beam, Matt

Last December

156 pp. | Front | October, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59078-651-2 $18.95
(3) YA Attempting to make sense of his far-from-perfect existence, ninth grader Steven composes a letter to his unborn sister. His writing is both funny and pained as he explains life in a new school; the philosophy of his Pac-Man-obsessed friend Byron; and what it's like to be poor, angry, sad, and uncertain. The narrative's combination of raw language and poetic insight rings true.
Reviewer: Chelsey Philpot

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