Freeze Tag on the Highway takes place during the last week of summer at Camp Wazeecha, a therapeutic, confidence-boosting camp for teens with developmental disorders, low self-esteem, and authority issues. While the brochure promises positive results, the camp s director, Jake, sedates himself with the kids' medication while leaving them to play on the jungle gyms of their chemical imbalances. When most of the staff quits in protest, Jake is forced to watch a few of the kids he despises more than the camp itself. Author Brian Krans ruthlessly intertwines images of picturesque summers and the chaos of being a teenager.
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Author and journalist Brian Krans lives in San Francisco. His first novel was A Constant Suicide.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you've ever worked at a summer camp before this book resonates and hits WAYYYY too close to home...
It follows a pill-popping camp director whose counselors walk out on the first night and he's left with 40 campers and two other counselors... He hates kids and uses the camp just as a way to get some more pills...
This book gets into his mind as he hits bottom and everyone suffers...
Riveting read that leads to a fitting conclusion...
Couldn't put it down!
It follows a pill-popping camp director whose counselors walk out on the first night and he's left with 40 campers and two other counselors... He hates kids and uses the camp just as a way to get some more pills...
This book gets into his mind as he hits bottom and everyone suffers...
Riveting read that leads to a fitting conclusion...
Couldn't put it down!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By J. Hips
Format:Paperback
I know my camp directors were never like this, and for the sake of all children out there, I hope one like main character Jake doesn't exist anywhere! Sadly, they probably do exist. But this guy has some serious issues, which makes the book a fascinating read. I started it on a Monday and finished it the next day.
There are some messed up parts and there are some emotional parts, almost bringing me to tears when the narrator recounts memories of his father. The book really picks up near the end and you can't put it down.
Great read, highly recommended!
There are some messed up parts and there are some emotional parts, almost bringing me to tears when the narrator recounts memories of his father. The book really picks up near the end and you can't put it down.
Great read, highly recommended!
Format:Paperback
Without apologies, this book finds the worst in all of us and shows how wonderful that part can be. At every place, the narrator makes neither the choice we want him to or the one we expect, but instead stays true to a moral compass we can't figure out for most of the book. It is repetitive and personable -- no matter how repulsed I was, I still couldn't stop rooting for the narrator.
On top of that, the book is gorgeous. The cover, font, and even paper are a cover to look at as well as read.
On top of that, the book is gorgeous. The cover, font, and even paper are a cover to look at as well as read.
