No Problem [Paperback]

Curt has it all: friends, summer job, a promising career in baseball; then he begins experimenting with drugs.Curt's dreams are going up in flames.Curt seems to have it all--a girlfriend, friends, a good summer job and a guaranteed position on the baseball team with the promise of a professional career. Then, one misstep causes his world to unravel and his life to plummet into the depths of depression and addiction. A bleak yet ultimately hopeful story about one teen's struggle with the pressures of growing up, fitting in and getting by.I should have said no. But I just stared at that innocent-looking white powder and said nothing.Curt's dreams are going up in flames. He seems to have it all-a girlfriend, friends, a good summer job and a guaranteed position on the baseball team with the promise of a professional career. Then, one misstep causes his world to unravel and his life to plummet into the depths of depression and addiction. A bleak yet ultimately hopeful story about one teen's struggle with the pressures of growing up, fitting in and getting by.She opened it and sprinkled something onto a hand mirror. A pure white powder. She divided it in half, stuck a short straw up one nostril and snorted the powder.

Cocaine? I asked.

Yeah, she said, it's way better than beer. Try some. She pushed it towards me. Go on, it won't hurt you.

I should have said no. But I just stared at that innocent-looking white powder and said nothing.

'No problem' is the mantra of all addicts, and this novel shows just how insidious that denial can be...It provides that elusive 'high-interest/low level' book to recommend to students who believe 'reading sucks' because they have a hard time reading and have never finished a book. I think that they'll stick with this one. Highly recommended.