The Thousand Natural Shocks

by Michael Saenz

Overview

Thirteen-year-old Charles Siskin is not like other boys. He doesn't like sports, he reads all the time and by the time he is ready to enter high school, he doesn't have a single friend. But it is more than these things that separate him from kids his own age. Set apart from everyone by his odd disposition and what his schoolmates see as a distinctly feminine way of speaking and walking, he has become an outcast. To get away from the daily torments of his peers, he talks his parents into letting him attend St. Ignatius Loyola High School, an all boys, military private school. He quickly discovers that he has removed himself from one bad situation, only to find himself in an even worse one. But when he auditions for the spring play, he sets into motion a series of events that lead to a crushing and humiliating catastrophe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781482577402
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/24/2013
Series:	Charles Siskin: The High School Years , #1
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.24(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Michael Sáenz is an author, actor, director, playwright and teaching artist in New York City. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and earned a Master's Degree from NYU's Theatre Education program. He has twelve years experience as a high school drama teacher. The Thousand Natural Shocks is his first novel.