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Published
2008
Publisher
Jump at the Sun
Subgenre
Contemporary
Section
Young Adult

The Death of Jayson Porter

Jaime Adoff

Sixteen-year-old Jayson lives in the Florida projects with his abusive mother, struggles to fit in at his mostly white school and to stay connected to his drug-addicted father, and comes to believe the only thing he controls is whether to live or die.

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Themes

Mental healthPoverty & classFamilyAddiction & incarcerationRace & racism

Mood

Feels challenging, dark.

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