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Runyon, B. (2004). The Burn Journals. New York, NY : Random House
The Burn Journals is an autobiography based on the story of Brent Runyon a 14 year old boy who steps in the shower, pours gasoline on himself and sets himself on fire. The story is difficult to think about, but the story is told through the thoughts and conversations Brent has with others. Brent goes through a lot of physical pain because of his emotional pain. His journey helps Brent realize how this affected others as well as himself. With help from family, friends, doctors and nurses, Brent begins to heal both physically and emotionally. This is an excellent book to help teens realize that their are serious consequences to their actions and their actions not only affect them, but others who know and love them. Hopefully, they would realize that there are people who can help them if they ever feel that desperate.
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Patricia Moore (KLIATT Review, November 2006 (Vol. 40, No. 6))Not for the faint of heart, The Burn Journals chronicle the life of 14-year-old Brent Runyon from the day he stood in the shower, poured gasoline over his bathrobe and set himself on fire. Now in his late 20s, Runyon wrote this book as therapy to set down what he remembered of the year it took for him to recover enough to return to school. He writes of what he saw as his failure in school, his failure within his family, and his determination to kill himself. As soon as the flames encircled him, however, he turned on the shower to douse them and cried for help. The Journals tell of his painful hospitalization, his gradual recovery and realization of the harm he had done himself, and his constant apologies to his distraught parents for his actions--which they insisted on calling his “accident.” Gradually he became more mobile, better able to interact with his family, friends and the hospital staff, although never with the string of psychologists and psychiatrists who tried to get him to analyze his self-destructive motives. At the end of a year, Brent was ready to return to his high school, and the reader holds his breath. Category: Biography, Narrative. KLIATT Codes: JSA--Recommended for junior and senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2004, Random House, 325p., $12.95. Ages 12 to adult.
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Runyon, B. (2004). The Burn Journals. New York, NY : Random House
The Burn Journals is an autobiography based on the story of Brent Runyon a 14 year old boy who steps in the shower, pours gasoline on himself and sets himself on fire. The story is difficult to think about, but the story is told through the thoughts and conversations Brent has with others. Brent goes through a lot of physical pain because of his emotional pain. His journey helps Brent realize how this affected others as well as himself. With help from family, friends, doctors and nurses, Brent begins to heal both physically and emotionally. This is an excellent book to help teens realize that their are serious consequences to their actions and their actions not only affect them, but others who know and love them. Hopefully, they would realize that there are people who can help them if they ever feel that desperate.
Reviews:
Patricia Moore (KLIATT Review, November 2006 (Vol. 40, No. 6))Not for the faint of heart, The Burn Journals chronicle the life of 14-year-old Brent Runyon from the day he stood in the shower, poured gasoline over his bathrobe and set himself on fire. Now in his late 20s, Runyon wrote this book as therapy to set down what he remembered of the year it took for him to recover enough to return to school. He writes of what he saw as his failure in school, his failure within his family, and his determination to kill himself. As soon as the flames encircled him, however, he turned on the shower to douse them and cried for help. The Journals tell of his painful hospitalization, his gradual recovery and realization of the harm he had done himself, and his constant apologies to his distraught parents for his actions--which they insisted on calling his “accident.” Gradually he became more mobile, better able to interact with his family, friends and the hospital staff, although never with the string of psychologists and psychiatrists who tried to get him to analyze his self-destructive motives. At the end of a year, Brent was ready to return to his high school, and the reader holds his breath. Category: Biography, Narrative. KLIATT Codes: JSA--Recommended for junior and senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2004, Random House, 325p., $12.95. Ages 12 to adult.
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