Into the Wasteland — Lesley Choyce

Dixon Carter wants to share his life manifesto. Don't worry -- there won't be any violence. Dixon doesn't believe in violence. But Dixon is seeing things differently. He has gone off his meds -- the drugs deaden him to the world. He is writing a daily journal from the point he stopped the meds. There are times he is angry with the world and everyone in it. But then there are the times where he can see all the beauty, just like the Romantic poets. His girlfriend Sylvia and best friend Zeke are trying to help him on his journey. But when the real world throws a tragic event in Dixon's path his struggles to save himself become darker and much more difficult and dangerous.