How To Lose Everything by Philipp Mattheis Uncorrected Proof Advance Reader Copy

This listing is for How To Lose Everything by Philipp Mattheis Uncorrected Proof Advance Reader Copy ARC Paperback ~RARE~.  

Publisher: Zest Books (July 23, 2013)

Language: English

Paperback: 199 pages

ISBN-10: 1936976404

ISBN-13: 978-1936976409

Reading age: 13 - 18 years

Grade level: 9 and up

Jonathan, Sam, Schulz, and Eric usually spend their summers hanging out at the park, skateboarding and dreaming about the time when they’ll finally move out of the suburbs. But in the summer of 1994, the four teenagers find a small fortune hidden inside an abandoned house. What starts out as a blessing soon turns into a curse, however, as stress, drugs, and dwindling funds raise some serious questions about the future. Eighteen years later Jonathan returns to that life-changing summer to tally up the cost of that discovery, exploring how a broken dream led to a totally renewed sense of purpose.

In a story first published in Germany and based on events from Mattheis's youth, a fictionalized narrator, Jonathan, looks back after 18 years at the destructive events of the summer of 1994. Four best friends-Jonathan, Sam, Schulz, and Eric-spend their time in the suburbs of Munich hanging out, skateboarding, playing video games, and getting stoned and drunk. However, when they enter a deserted house and find a stack of envelopes filled with money, the boys steal it, opening up countless possibilities for exhilaration and self-destruction. Initially giddy with their newfound freedom and power, the boys consume everything on the McDonald's menu, splurge on drugs and alcohol, and show off their riches in public. Yet as their sudden affluence leads them to betray one another and cross legal and ethical boundaries, they begin to realize the corrosive impact of the stolen money on their lives. Guilt and paranoia darken a fantasy-come-true as relationships believably break down. Jonathan's perspective in hindsight offers a nuanced view of temptation in the face of moral obligations. Ages 14-up.

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