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Harmon doesn't fit into the hole he gets shoved into. He has to break out. With his grades at an all-time low and his weight off the charts, he's headed for trouble. He's bombarded by his classmates jeering, his mother's nagging, his father's expectations and his doctor's orders. Even in his music, he finds too many wrong notes. Just when he wishes that the whole noisy world would just go away, he finds a new world worth exploring in the woods near his home.
Finch Goes Wild received the Afr'Am Literary Award for Best Young Adult Title of 2007. Harmon's story can prompt discussions about peer pressure, bullying, diet and exercise, risk taking, home-schooling, nature and music.
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