YA novel #2 - Hole in my Life by Jack Gantos

Really liked this one. This guy is a children's author and this is his true story. When he was in high school he knew he wanted to be a writer and it talks some about his quest to be a writer. he didn't live with his parents his senior year of high school and got into some drinking and pot smoking. This isn't so much condemned as it shows that it did get him into some trouble because it was a symptom of his irresponsibility in this case. All said, he takes a job helping drive a boat to New York full of hashish fresh from Morocco and gets caught, goes to jail at 19/20 and spends 15 months there. This is a good story that lets you know what exactly he was thinking. It isn't preachy. It isn't really a "don't do what I did." It is just "hey this is what happened to me." Even if you aren't into Young Adult novels, this is a good one and a quick read.