Rapp, Adam.

Punkzilla / Adam Rapp. - 1st ed. - Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009. - 244 p. ; 20 cm.

"Punkzilla" is on a mission to see his older brother "P", before "P" dies of cancer. Still buzzing from his last hit of meth, he embarks on a days-long trip from Portland, Ore. to Memphis, Tenn., writing letters to his family and friends. Along the way, he sees a sketchier side of America and worries if he will make it to see his brother in time.

Lexile: 1300.

A Junior Library Guild selection

ISBN: 0763630314 (reinforced) : 16.99 9780763630317 (reinforced) 0763630314 9780763630317

LCCN: 2008935655

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Runaway teenagers--Fiction.
Methamphetamine abuse--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
Cancer--Patients--Fiction.
Bus travel--Fiction.
Thieves--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Portland (Or.)--Fiction.
Tennessee--Fiction.
Memphis (Tenn.)--Fiction.
Oregon--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Realistic fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.R18133 / Pun 2009