Saint Iggy / by K.L. Going.

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"Iggy... 16, doesnt do drugs... though he was born addicted to crack. He lives in a... housing project, in an apartment... with furniture that his stoned and drunken father collects from the street. Iggys mother is an addict who has been AWOL for a month. The cool thing... is that... (Iggy) doesnt feel sorry for himself. A freshman who has failed 2 grades and been suspended 8 times, he takes things for what they are, until... suspended again, pending a hearing. His principal says... (3z ...(BWe can all...do something that contributes....(3y (BAfter listening to this, Iggy realizes that his only chance... is to get back into school. The... statement haunts him throughout the book. He enlists help from his so-called mentor/friend... who was suspended from pre-law... but his association with this disaffected youth from a wealthy family creates... new... problems.