Too Cool — Duff Brenna

"An unfaltering, unflinching, piercing look into a tormented, youthful heart."--The New York Times

In the dead of winter, in the midst of a blizzard, Elbert Earl Evans--known as Triple E--has escaped from a Colorado reform school in a stolen Oldsmobile with his girlfriend, Jeanne, his cousin, and a friend. After outrunning the police, Triple E and Jeanne find themselves alone and stranded in a stalled car. Eventually, to have any hope of survival, Triple E sets out on a desperate search for help.

As he struggles through the brutal cold, Triple E reflects on his past and discovers the humanity that lies beneath his violent nature: his love for Jeanne, the pain of his father's admission that "you're not the son I wanted," and his sense of alienation from family and friends. Readers will be riveted by Triple E's battle to save Jeanne's life, and his own, as well as his internal struggle to conquer his violent impulses. Written with unsparing and evocative prose, Too Cool is an edgy, coming-of-age story with all the earmarks of a modern classic.