ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards finalist (Juvenile Fiction category), 2007 Alberta Children's/Young Adult Book of the Year Nominee, 2008 White Pine nominee, 2008 CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens, 2008 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee 2009 "I hate the world and everything in it. And that includes me." Asked to write something for English class that expresses who he really is, 16-year-old Carson takes pleasure in blistering the page with hate for everything in his life. Stuck in a private school for kids who have repeatedly flunked out elsewhere, Carson knows he's got nowhere lower to sink to. "Flunk Out Academy" is the last resort for Carson and his classmates, in a small town where its deeply troubled students are decidedly unwelcome.
