Diary of the Damned | Bruce Bothwell
Diary of the Damned is a young-adult novel that focuses on the difficulties children of divorce have in this era of dysfunctional families. Manny Weber is a 16-year-old high school sophomore who is torn between his father's home in Iowa and his mother's home in Utah. He chronicles his troubles in a diary that tells it like it is. He hates his stepmother. He is disgusted with his mother. He tries to help his little brothers, but there's only so much a 16 year old can do. Complicating matters is a girlfriend who has plenty of problems of her own. His trips across the middle of the country get more dangerous each time he travels from one parent to the other. Buckle up for a hair-raising adventure no teen should have to experience.