Gantos, Jack. Hole in my Life. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2004.Annotation: Young adult, Printz award winner reflects on trying to improve his writing skills and his life both in and out of prison.
Justification for Rejection: Throughout the pages the author mentioned a lot of well known books. This book reflected a lot from his teenage youth to being in prison amd his present age was hard to read, and it didn't hold my attention. I am surprised this book won the Printz award. While it holds some interesting points of taking risks, the thrill of being arrested and not realizing the consequences it overall didn't have a nice flow. I really didn't enjoy reading it as it seemed a bit disorganized as it went on. However, I did like how he discussed his need to practice writing and to improve you need to challenege yourself.
Genre: autobiography, memoir, fantasy, realistic/edgy/problem novel.
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