What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I wasn't really sure what genres to tie to this book. It's definitely YA and I would have read it around 10 years ago.

The basic plot is the main character has depression (though it never explicitly says this in the book) and he suffers bullies at school then comes home to his mom and his abusive stepfather. There's a girl who is several social classes higher than he is, and his stepfather is involved in the large scale theft of tv's and tries to force the MC to get into it as well.

The whole novel is written in this really confusing manner where everything contradicts itself and yet makes a coherent whole. I've forgotten what the title was but I just remembered that it was written in the same contradiction that the story was. It was something like I am and I am not, or I'm here and I'm gone or something like that, I can't remember. I really want to read this book again.

G.E. wrote: "I wasn't really sure what genres to tie to this book. It's definitely YA and I would have read it around 10 years ago."

Just put a couple of plot points in the topic header.

Emily wrote: "G.E. wrote: "I wasn't really sure what genres to tie to this book. It's definitely YA and I would have read it around 10 years ago."

Just put a couple of plot points in the topic header."

added :)

You Don't Know Me by David Klass? The Wikipedia summary mentions that Stan (the abusive stepfather) forces John (the main character) to help load stolen TVs into a truck at one point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Don...

Becca wrote: "You Don't Know Me by David Klass? The Wikipedia summary mentions that Stan (the abusive stepfather) forces John (the main character) to help load stolen TVs into a truck at one point:..."
that is the one (though I actually found the answer a couple years ago lol). I forgot I even had this post

Glad you found your book, G.E. Thanks for the update.

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