Sexy

Joyce Carol Oates

Harper Collins, 2005 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 263 pages

It was in November, a Thursday after swim practice. The thing with Mr. Tracy, Darren's English teacher.
The thing was how Darren would think of it, afterward.
The thing that was vague and not-named.
The thing that hadn’t happened, anyway.

Darren Flynn has the perfect life -- until that day in November.

After that day, after what happened (did it happen?), life is different. Darren is different. Nothing is as it was –– before. His friends, his family, even the people who are supposed to be in charge are no longer who Darren thought they were. Who can he trust, now?

This compelling, masterfully written novel by acclaimed author Joyce Carol Oates explores one teenager's search for identity in a complex, deceiving world, and the answers he finds in the most unexpected places.

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 13
• Section 3: 23
• Section 4: 29
• Section 5: 55
• Section 6: 59
• Section 7: 67
• Section 8: 75
• Section 9: 77
• Section 10: 87
• Section 11: 91
• Section 12: 101
• Section 13: 105
• Section 14: 115
• Section 15: 125
• Section 16: 127
• Section 17: 145
• Section 18: 149
• Section 19: 153
• Section 20: 155
• Section 21: 157
• Section 22: 177
• Section 23: 179
• Section 24: 191
• Section 25: 193
• Section 26: 203
• Section 27: 209
• Section 28: 211

About the author

Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. She has written some of the most enduring works of our time, including the national bestsellers We Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, which was nominated for the National Book Award, and the New York Times bestseller The Falls, which won the 2005 Prix Femina. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University and since 1978 has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2003 she received the Commonwealth Award for Distinguished Service in Literature and the Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sexy
• Author: Joyce Carol Oates
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2005
• ISBN: 0060541490, 9780060541491
• Length: 263 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Boys & Men; Juvenile Fiction / School & Education; Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Adolescence & Coming of Age; Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance; Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Water Sports; Juvenile Nonfiction / Health & Daily Living / General