Breakout

Paul Fleischman

Breakout
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Country
United States
Published
1 February 2005
Pages
137
ISBN
9780689871894

Breakout

Paul Fleischman

Del’s lived in Los Angeles for seventeen years, bouncing among foster homes. Smart, sharp-tongued, and a master mimic, she’s fed up with her world and with being Del. So she’s changing her name and leaving both herself and L.A. behind – until her escape lands her in an all-day traffic jam.

Fast-forward eight years. It’s opening night for the one-woman show Del has written and is starring in – a show called Breakout about a Los Angeles traffic jam.

As the novel flashes between Del’s present and future, we get a backstage pass into this young playwright’s psyche, watching her life being transformed into art, heartache into comedy, solitude into connection. And, finally, anger giving way to acceptance.

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