Jumped In (22 page)

My wife, Emma Flores-Scott. Emma, thank you for all the reads, for the ideas, for the time, for the sacrifices, and for humoring me by caring deeply about people who exist only on a page. Thanks for making me feel that the years of effort would add up to something in the end. I love you.

 

Patrick Flores-Scott currently teaches drama. He has written for theater and the slam poetry stage.
Jumped In
is his first novel. He lives in Seattle with his wife and son.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Flores-Scott, Patrick.

Jumped in / Patrick Flores-Scott. — First edition.

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Summary: In the two years since his mother left him with his grandparents in Des Moines, Washington, Sam has avoided making friends and perfected the art of being a slacker, but being paired with a frightening new student for a slam poetry unit transforms his life.

ISBN 978-0-8050-9514-2 (hardback)—ISBN 978-1-4668-3715-7 (e-book)

[1.  Interpersonal relations—Fiction.   2.  High schools—Fiction.   3.  Schools—Fiction.   4.  Poetry—Fiction.   5.  Mexican Americans—Fiction.   6.  Family life—Washington (State)—Fiction.   7.  Des Moines (Wash.)—Fiction.]   I.  Title.

PZ7.F33435Jum 2013   [Fic]—dc23         2013018844

First Edition—2013 / Designed by Ashley Halsey

eISBN 9781466837157