Clay's Way

Title

Clay's Way

Author

Mastbaum, Blair, 1979-

Description

A wanna-be punk rocker who writes bad haiku poetry, 15-year-old Sam is fed up with his middle-class parents, his geeky best friend, and his inability to do the raddest skateboard tricks. Then he meets Clay. Mistaking lust for fate, Sam becomes obsessed with the 17-year-old surfer boy, whose island cool masks an internal conflict even darker than Sam's. Directing his furious energy toward winning Clay's heart, Sam goes on a reckless odyssey to become everything Clay seems to be. Through hurricanes, car accidents, teenage parties, and monster waves, they ricochet off each other until one night on a remote beach, in the flickering light of torches and campfires, the violence and tumult of Clay and Sam's dynamic propels them both through the hardest decisions and obstacles of their young lives.
Set against the dazzling backdrop of Hawaii's Oahu and Kauai islands, Clay's Way seethes with the energy and the hormonally charged nihilism of its characters. Twenty-four-year-old first-time novelist Blair Mastbaum has written a startlingly authentic account of 21st-century teens who are careening toward adulthood, fueled by alcohol, drugs, and rage, while seeking escape from the banality that surrounds them.

Genre

Romance Fiction

Edition

First

Publication Date

2004

Page Count

246

Place of Birth

Dayton, OH

Tags/Themes

fiction

gay youth

love stories

punk culture

romance fiction

suburban life

surfers

teenage boys

Publisher

Alyson Publications

Record Creator

Alexander Li

ISBN

978-1-55583-819-5