Angry Young Man

Title: Angry Young Man
Author: Chris Lynch
Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction

You will like this book if:

• You know how hard it is when money is tight at home.
• You are passionate about animal rights.
• You have a difficult sibling that you have to put up with.
• You like to read short books packed with big messages.

You will not like this book if:

• You like to read science fiction or fantasy novels.
• You are not tolerant of people's opinions when they differ from yours.
• You don't like when there is disappointment and hurt in novels.

Summary: Robert is very hard on his brother, but frankly, so is the rest of the world.  Alexander (Xan, for short) is an impressionable, loyal young man who can't figure out where he belongs.  He can't cut it by doing the same things his brother does: graduate high school, play soccer, or have a girlfriend.  But Xan begins to change when he discovers a class promoting Social Responsibility.  His passion for fixing the world's problems transitions from loyal to dangerous extremity.  Robert is the only one that will bring Xan back to reality (or at least as close to reality as Xan can get).