Lockerboy details

Lockerboy

Martin McCarty is the kind of student who gets along with everyone—until he begins his first day at Diablo Valley High, a nightmarish school where students cower under the tyranny of a real-life monster, the evil Principal Spyr. It’s a place, Martin soon discovers, where "you plant hope, but no hope is what grows."

But Martin also discovers that there is a way out for him: if he can prove his courage in a daring midnight raid, he’ll get to escape to a world that is beyond his wildest dreams. It’s a world that not only tests his talent and ingenuity but leads to his uncovering a terrible secret, and—in a final dramatic confrontation—helps him choose the future course of his life.

Written in the tradition of such classic adventure stories as Journey to the Center of the Earth, Treasure Island, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Lockerboy is a powerful tale with an unforgettable—and surprising—ending.

"To get into Lockerboy, all you need is a sense of adventure, a sense of humor, and a love of suspense. It's a fast-paced journey to the center of ... somewhere. I'm not telling, but it's an amazing trip you won't soon forget." (Ben Fong-Torres, author, broadcaster, and former editor at Rolling Stone magazine)

The Author: Chris Strodder grew up in the redwood forests near Santa Cruz, California. In addition to working as a writer/editor for numerous movie, travel, new media, and pop culture magazines, he has written two previous books: the children’s story A Sky for Henry (Red Hen Press, 1985) and the biographical Swingin’ Chicks of the ’60s (Cedco Publishing, 2000). The latter project was praised in dozens of major publications including Playboy, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the National Enquirer. Its success led to Chris’s appearances on talk shows, at film festivals, and in documentaries for the A & E and the E! Entertainment networks. He currently lives in Mill Valley, California.

The Illustrator: Cover artist David Shearer lives in Connecticut with his wife Susan, daughters Erin, Kelly and Lauren, and beagle Phoebe. David illustrated Plato's Fine Feathers for Red Hen Press. He works as a graphic arts designer in Hartford.

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Recommended ages: 12 and up

Dimensions: 5.25" wide x 7.5" tall, 225 pages, softcover

Price: $6.95

First published: October, 2002

ISBN: 093109318X

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