Just when it seems like everything is terminally lukewarm in nature Tex is involved in TWO separate situations involving threats to his life, in scenes that would make some modern-day moral guardians positively lose their minds. rodeo circuit.) At first the story moves along at a leisurely pace, with Tex experiencing things like a first crush (which was nicely written in the correct bittersweet tone), committing pranks at school with his best friend, and having disagreements with his brother. (Their mother died several years earlier from an illness, and their father seems to be on a never-ending tour of the U.S. This time the narrative focuses on Tex McCormick, an almost fifteen year-old everyguy-type who resides with only his slightly older brother Mason on the suburban outskirts of Tulsa, Oklahoma. I admire that she doesn't do any sort of sugarcoating, or present the adolescent characters like they have the improbable sophistication of someone twice their age.

As I type that sentence I think it sort of sounds like I'm rolling my eyes, sighing and then saying 'here we go again.' But maybe one of Hinton's strengths as a writer is creating some plausible situations that don't seem especially contrived, and presenting the story straightforward manner for the YA audience. Tex is another one of author Hinton's low-key, slice-of-life dramas featuring small town, working-class teenagers. Almost like I had somewhere to go.' - the titular protagonist, pages 159-160 I ran steadily, timing my breathing, not wild or crazy or particularly fast.

Proscrişii by S.E. Hinton