The following audio clip is a reading from High School Asylum
High School Asylum by Adam Dustus
Copyright 2009
(cover by Keven Lupien)
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First Review of High School Asylum
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Well, the waiting is over. This first review of High School Asylum was posted this morning.
A Holiday Story—excerpt from H.S. Asylum
Posted in Blog, education, writing with tags A Holiday Story, adam dustus, alienation, bullying, chapter excerpt, High School Asylum, medal of valor, novel, YA fiction on December 19, 2009 by dustus
Aside from the incident with the delivery truck, I loved the holidays. My father really loved the holidays too. Bursting with constant energy and cheer, it was as if he went out of his way to make sure that everything was extremely enjoyable for all of us most years. Even though I didn’t always get a lot of presents, we spent a great deal of quality time together. Even before Abby was born, my father would go overboard acting like a goofball…
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