/lit/ - Literature

>The Catcher In The Rye
>When I was in high school and told my English teacher that Catcher in the Rye was my favorite book, they said, "Wait until you're 30." Well, I'm 29, and she was right.
>Alternative: Wild Awake by Hilary T. Smith is told from seventeen-year-old Kiri's point of view, and she deals with just as much teen angst and heartbreak as Holden.

>In Wild Awake, Hilary T. Smith's exhilarating and heart-wrenching YA debut novel, seventeen-year-old Kiri Byrd has big plans for her summer without her parents. She intends to devote herself to her music and win Battle of the Bands with her bandmate and best friend, Lukas. Perhaps then, in the excitement of victory, he will finally realize she's the girl of his dreams.
>But a phone call from a stranger shatters Kiri's plans. He says he has her sister's stuff—her sister, Sukey, who died five years ago. This call throws Kiri into a spiral of chaos that opens old wounds and new mysteries.
>chapter one
>It's the first day of summer, and I know three things: One, I am happy. Two, I am stoned. Three, if Lukas Malcywyck's T-Shirt was any redder I would lean over and bite it like an apple.

>"Wait until you're 30."
This isn't what they meant.
>I'm 29
>20 fucking 9