Punkzilla: summer reading post 2

For the book Punkzilla, you realize that the book is in letter format and not chapter format. I feel like this is a move is risky but pulls it off because he is trying to communicate with a brother that is on the other side of the country and neither of them have internet, cell phones or access to a ready phone. it is also giving punkzilla whom is a character that has had a hard last few months something to do on this multi day road trip that you really can't do much. The reason he is seeing his brother is because his brother is dying from cancer that has gotten to the point of no return. he has already had one of the tumors burst, causing him to go unconscious for a few days to awake in the hospital with the worst news in the world, you are going to die in a very short time and we can't do anything about it. If you have gone through a death in a family you know some of the pain but if you were really close to them, you know what it feels like or this poor boy at only 15 would be going through. You can tell out of the gate this book is about remorse and grief. But at the same time it is a very positive book in celebrating the good, bad, ugly and between of this world that we call home.

Punkzilla: Summer reading post 1

From what I have read so far in this book, I can say this. This book is weird. Let’s start with the main character, his name is Jamie but goes by Punkzilla, he is a druggie, runaway from his parents and from the military school they sent him too. He is originally from Cincinnati and has a younger brother that isn't mentioned very much and an older gay brother that ran away 4 years before after he came out. Both of them hates their mother’s husband whom I assume isn't there father but I could be wrong on that. He is a decorated vet and hates both of his wife's kids that aren't his. Coming back to Jamie, he ran away from the military school and hitch hikes from I assume Virginia to Portland origin. in the beginning of the story, I can tell it is mostly backstory because you just start it and it starts right as he is getting on a greyhound bus to Memphis Tennessee. The backstory is mostly Jamie's story in Portland and some near the 50 page mark of his run away from the military school. In Portland he was mostly stealing iPods for money and using that money to pay rent, buy food and getting favors from a girl that lives a few doors down. He has a few friends that aren’t that remember able. But all he wants is to see his older brother one last time… and we will pick up on that next post.