One of the American Library Association’s Top 10 Most Banned Booksfor the past two years, this award-winning coming-of-age novel takesreaders into the heart and humorof a young man determined to achieve the ever-changingAmerican dream. Hejusthappens to find himself along the way.

Mike Muoz Is aHolden Caulfield for a New Millennium. –TheNewYork Times Book Review

For Mike Muoz, life has been a whole lot of waiting forsomething to happen. Not too many years out of highschool and still doingmenial work–and just fired from his latest gig as a lawn boy on a landscapingcrew–hessmart enough to know that hes got to be the one to shake things upif hes ever going to change his life. But how?Hes not qualified for much ofanything. He has no particular talents, although he is stellar at handling alawn mowerand wielding clipping shears. But now that career seems to be behindhim. So whats next for Mike Muoz?

Funny, biting, sweet, and ultimatelyinspiring novel, bestselling author Jonathan Evison’s coming-of-age novelevokes the lives of working class people withcompassion and honesty.