SOLON, Ohio, Jan. 20, 2009 — How far would a teenager go to fit in with the most popular crowd in that fearsome social battleground known as high school? In her new teen drama, “Every New Beginning” (published by AuthorHouse – http://www.authorhouse.com), Catherine Crichlow follows the dizzying exploits of a young man who loses himself in the quest to find his place among high school royalty.
“Every New Beginning” is a psychosocial novel in tune with the turbulent times facing teenagers today. In the vein of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel “Fight Club” and Michael Lehmann’s cult classic film “Heathers,” this teen novel rides a fine line between finding happiness and losing control.
Scott Benson has been fed from a silver spoon his whole life. However, this reality has not made his formative years easy. In a well-to-do high school filled with bored young socialites, it takes more than money to make it with the in crowd. To top it off, his prestige makes his middle-class teachers bitter and resentful. Despite living a life of luxury, Scott is completely miserable and alone, having spent the majority of his seventeen years on the outskirts watching and coveting the lives of his peers.
In the second week of his junior year, Scott runs into a charismatic, fearless new student named Tristan. He is shocked when this intriguing stranger takes an interest in him, and is even more stunned when the new kid breaks every social rule and boldly pushes his way into the forbidden inner circle of the school’s most elite crowd. Mesmerized by Tristan’s charm and outrageous behavior, Scott embarks on a series of increasingly dangerous stunts that both place him in the center of attention and in a position to lose all those for whom he is starting to care deeply. He gets his first taste of drugs and alcohol, watches as his new best friend dates the girl of his dreams, and finds himself the pawn in the manipulative games of others, all in the name of good fun. Yet even as Scott is trying to make heads or tails of the chaos, Tristan’s appetite for adventure only continues to grow, escalating from the innocently daring to the recklessly destructive.
In the end, Scott hurtles toward the disturbing realization that Tristan may not be what he seems. In fact, he may not be a flesh-and-blood friend at all, but a figment of Scott’s own disturbed psyche.
Crichlow delivers a jarring tale that weaves common coming-of-age woes with a more serious discussion of mental instability. Who is Tristan and to what lengths will he push Scott in a quest to achieve popularity? Teen readers can find the answers in this exciting novel that explores the shadowy psyche of the developing young mind.
About the Author: Catherine Crichlow was born in a small suburb in northeast Ohio and has enjoyed writing for the majority of her life. She currently lives at home with her mother, father, two brothers and her dog, Chester.
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