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MENDEL

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MENDEL

Authors & Illustrator

Author:

Damone
Bester
Third Place Book Award

Third Place Award

Fiction > YA - Literary & Coming of Age

Description

Imagine the mid 1980’s, last day of school, summer break. A teen rushes to meet his mother, who is being released from the hospital after cancer surgery. When the teen arrives, he finds out his mother is dead, but his ex-gang banging, deadbeat dad, who’s been in jail the last 7 years was released today and is at the hospital ready to take the teen home. MENDEL is a coming-of-age drama, about a high school senior, who must learn how to forgive as he navigates life without his mother. Things come to a head when the teen accidentally finds his mom’s diary. In the journal, he discovers his mother’s dreams of becoming a collegiate track star were derailed due to getting pregnant with him. As a way to honor his mother, he joins his school’s track team and by the end of the year has several universities interested. But, before he could cash in on any scholarship offers, his father’s thuggish past catches up with them when a gun toting gang member comes seeking revenge.