Determined: An American Success Story

Inside a death trap, survival is the ONLY thing that matters.

A series of tragic family hardships-including illness and job loss-forces a 15-year-old and his family out of a major Northern city and into the rural Deep South, where they encounter even more setbacks after plunging into extreme poverty.

DETERMINED: AN AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY is the coming-of-age memoir of Kory Ryan: a compelling, entertaining, and emotional journey of one young man's experiences beating the odds-and the lesso...