Suckerpunch — David Hernandez

MARCUS HAS:

- a severed index finger from a run-in with Rollerblades
- a nickname: Nub (see above)
- a brother will a super-hot green-haired girlfriend
- a thing for off-limits green-haired girl (see above)
- a pistol in the glove compartment
- a father who's better off gone

It's the summer before senior year, and Marcus should be hanging out, filling his sketchbook, maybe asking a girl out for once. So why is he in a car with his brother, his brother's girl, and the pistol, headed straight toward his dad?

David Hernandez writes with striking lyricism and unfaltering poise. Suckerpunch marks the debut of a superb and important new literary talent.