<p>In Cody County, Lux and his little girl Sadie live among rust and weeds in their scrap yard, eking out a living selling "treasure" and shuttling local drunks in Lux's cobbled-together limousine. Haunted by the memory of Sadie's dead mother, a junkie named Calista, Lux attempts to preserve Sadie's innocence in a town full of people also trying to forget. In a series of vignettes, written in poetic prose, an exotic dancer and a drunk free a bird from a third-rate hotel, a fear-ridden widow steals a mannequin, and someone is breaking into people's houses and sleeping in their beds. Unwittingly entangled in these grim lives, Lux is driven to the edge. At once tough and tender, Scrap Metal Sky is a novel about the durability of love and the good intentions often behind our bad ideas.</p>

Scrap Metal Sky

Erika Brumett

Shape&Nature Press

<p>Meet Robert, Seth, Janelle, and the other kids at The Center, a school for at-risk and troubled youth, as they contend with mental illness, institutionalism, and the rocky onset of sexual maturity. Hyped-up, confused, angry, and afraid, their stories—told in a collection of diary entries, staff notes, and "Run Stories”—invite readers into the troubled minds of kids who have been left behind. In the hands of author Daniel Hales, their voices reveal authentic narratives of loneliness and isolation that are both surprisingly hilarious and utterly heartbreaking.</p>

Run Story

Teen & Young Adult

Hales, Daniel

Literature & Fiction

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Scrap Metal Sky

Run Story