BROKEN PENCILS by J.R. Rice

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Jonah Tarver, a troubled Oakland teenager grappling with his parents’ troubled marriage, his own mental disorder, and the weight of his best friend’s death, embarks on a desperate quest to find meaning in life. 

On his eighteenth birthday, coinciding with his Senior prom, Jonah, along with his girlfriend Taniesha, his best friend Trevon, and a group of peers, spirals into a night of reckless indulgence in drugs and alcohol in the vibrant city of San Francisco. 

As tensions escalate and emotions run high, Jonah finds himself thrust into a gripping twelve-hour journey through the dark underbelly of San Francisco’s nightlife, forever altering his perception of the world. 

Will Jonah uncover the purpose he so desperately seeks, or will he discover that life, like broken pencils, may have no point?

Early Praise:

• Recipient of the 2024 Literary Titan Gold Book Award
• Second place Silver Winner for Best Adult Book in the 2024 Readers Choice Book Awards
• Placed as the 2024 Independent Author Award Finalist in Best African-American Fiction and Best Debut Fiction
• Recipient of the 2024 Literary Global Gold Award
• Placed as the 2024 Hawthorne Prize Finalist
• Runner-Up in Best Regional Literature for the 2024 Los Angeles Book Festival Award
• Third place in Best African-American Fiction and Best New Fiction in the 2024 Speak Up Radio International Firebird Book Award Contest
• Third place in Best African-American Literature and an Honorable Mention in Best Quote for the 2023 Outstanding Creator Award
• Top finalist for Hidden River Arts’ 2023 Blue Mountain Award
• Early 5-STAR review from Literary Titan
• Early praise review from The U.S Review of Books
• Early praise review from The Prairie Books Review

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Paperback 978-1-957893-56-3
E-Book 978-1-957893-57-0

Cover Art by Jason Rodriguez
www.thewonderlandgallery.com

Chapter Art by Yzzy

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