You, Charles Benoit
You, Charles Benoit
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You

Author: Charles Benoit

Narrator: Sophie Baker

Unabridged: 3 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 10/12/2010


Synopsis

This wasn't the way it was supposed to go. You're just a typical fifteen-year-old sophomore, an average guy named Kyle Chase. This can't be happening to you. But then, how do you explain all the blood? How do you explain how you got here in the first place? There had to have been signs, had to have been some clues it was coming. Did you miss them, or ignore them? Maybe if you can figure out where it all went wrong, you can still make it right. Or is it already too late? Think fast, Kyle. Time's running out. How did this happen? You is the riveting story of fifteen-year-old Kyle and the small choices he does and doesn't make that lead to his own destruction.In his stunning young-adult debut, Charles Benoit mixes riveting tension with an insightful—and unsettling—portrait of an ordinary teen in a tale that is taut, powerful, and shattering. Advance praise for You:""You is authentic, ambitious, and gripping. A serious book that reads like a suspense novel, the story it tells—of the ways in which we become imprisoned by our own choices, big and small—is both frightening and frighteningly real.""—Lauren Oliver, New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall ""Charles Benoit has written a shattering, gut-wrenching novel that puts You right in the center of the story. Pick it up and you won't put it down!""—Michael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Gone ""I sat down to start this book—and didn't get up until I'd finished it, a riveting three hours later. You is pitch-perfect: funny, real, touching, brimming with tension and foreboding—and still surprising right up to the last page. one of the best ya novels I've read in years.""—Patricia McCormick, National Book Award finalist, author of Sold and Purple Heart ""A sandstorm of a novel, as harshly real as hell or high school. I loved it.""—Robert Lipsyte, Margaret A. Edwards Award–winning author of The Contender and Center Field ""Wanna know who the real bad guys in your school are? Read You. This book will keep you reading, and then it will start you thinking. And talking. You is good stuff.""—Chris Crutcher, Margaret A. Edwards Award–winning author of Deadline

About Charles Benoit

Charles Benoit is a former high school teacher and the Edgar Award-nominated author of three adult mystery novels and the teen novel Fall From Grace. He lives in Rochester, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer on November 05, 2012

Reviewed by Karin Librarian for TeensReadToo.com Kyle is a hoodie. One of those kids that sits in the back of the class, tries not to be noticed, doesn't do his homework (only because he doesn't see the point), and dresses in the same "uniform" every day - black jeans, black shirt, black hoodie. You c......more

Goodreads review by Eva-Marie on September 28, 2010

Am I missing something? Can someone please tell me what it is? Why is the front cover of this ARC covered with wonderful blurbs? Why is the back cover the same? Why are there three and a half pages inside (three of them filled to the brim) with wonderful blurbs? Someone tell me because I'm not seein......more

Goodreads review by K on December 01, 2010

You open a book and it hits you in the face with broken glass, blood, and screaming. You haven’t met anyone yet and so don’t know who the other players are. You’re confused. You’re anxious. You might even be angry. You decide to just go with it. You are Kyle, a high school sophomore and hapless and a......more

Goodreads review by Linna on October 16, 2010

YOU is infuriating. (Please forgive me for the horrible grammar this title causes). It’s is criminally hard to put down. There are no chapters. Only direct, shattering, prose, fast-paced and swift to read. I found myself telling myself to stop after five more pages, ten more pages, fifteen… Until I w......more

Goodreads review by Patty on October 20, 2010

You By Charles Benoit Kyle Chase is a loser…in his own mind. He has dropped out…he has made poor choices, he doesn’t care, he doesn’t like the way his parents treat him, he doesn’t respect his teachers, he doesn’t really even like his friends. He knows if he had made other choices he would be in a diff......more