Tim Tharp

Ceejay has never been pretty or popular, but she knows who she she's younger sister to Bobby, the most charming bad boy in town. Bobby's a bit wild, but with his big heart and sense of fun, everybody loves him. And nobody understands Ceejay like Bobby. Now, Ceejay can't wait for Bobby to return home from his tour in Iraq. But then he turns up unannounced and seems to be avoiding his family. And he's so different. His wild streak has become reckless. His sense of fun has become desperate. And seeing this, Ceejay's own tough shell begins to crack. How can she believe in being strong when her hero is broken? As she tries to get Bobby back, Ceejay begins to reexamine her family, her community, and everyone in her life. What she finds is that true strength is not quite what she thought it was.

This National Book Award Finalist is now a major motion picture -- one of the most buzzed-about films at Sundance 2013, starring Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller. SUTTER KEELY. HE’S the guy you want at your party. He’ll get everyone dancing. He’ ll get everyone in your parents’ pool. Okay, so he’s not exactly a shining academic star. He has no plans for college and will probably end up folding men’s shirts for a living. But there are plenty of ladies in town, and with the help of Dean Martin and Seagram’s V.O., life’s pretty fabuloso, actually. Until the morning he wakes up on a random front lawn, and he meets Aimee. Aimee’s clueless. Aimee is a social disaster. Aimee needs help, and it’s up to the Sutterman to show Aimee a splendiferous time and then let her go forth and prosper. But Aimee’s not like other girls, and before long he’s in way over his head. For the first time in his life, he has the power to make a difference in someone else’s life—or ruin it forever.

Aos dezassete anos, tudo o que Sutter Keely deseja é desfrutar do espetacular momento presente. É o tipo que anima qualquer festa, cheio de charme e humor, o herói em busca de si próprio, com um coração puro mas a fazer as escolhas erradas. De repente, Sutter tem a sensação de que todos os seus amigos estão a caminhar em direção a futuros promissores... Mas para Sutter continua a bastar o espetacular momento presente. Uma típica história de passagem da adolescência para a idade adulta, com a mistura certa de tragédia e comédia, sobre um jovem que tenta encontrar o seu próprio caminho impulsionado por um misto de compaixão e recusa em relação à realidade da vida adulta. Finalista do National Book Award e do Oklahoma Book Award na categoria de literatura para jovens adultos, este livro foi adaptado ao cinema e exibido com grande sucesso no Sundance Film Festival.

Así estamos. Cassidy está a punto de darme la patada, mi mejor amigo se ha rajado y ahora quiere poner freno a nuestras vidas de diversión ilimitada, mi madre y mi hermana conspiran para que me convierta en uno de esos trabajadores zombis, y mi padre, bueno, mi padre es un gran interrogante que no estoy seguro de querer desvelar. Mucha gente se volvería loca con este panorama en su último año de instituto. Pero yo no. Yo soy Sutter Keely, el rey de las fiestas. Y no confundas a este filósofo trasnochado con el típico fiestero, tío. Pregunta a Aimee, la nueva chica de mi vida. Ella vio la profundidad del Sutterman desde el momento en que me encontró durmiendo la mona en la entrada de su casa. Sí, vale, Aimee es un desastre social, ¡pero ahí entro yo! Que todo el mundo persiga sus deslumbrantes futuros si quieren. Yo siempre he estado más que satisfecho viendo cómo se vacía mi botella de whisky y enfrentándome cara a cara con el corazón mismo de… mi espectacular ahora.