A teenage boy's face is disfigured in an automobile accident, and he must learn to deal with the changes in his life.
Having accepted a ride home from a drunken driver, Martin ends up in a terrible car accident that disfigures his handsome face and he is forced to find a way to cope with the great changes that are taking place in his life as a result of it.
Martin is a good-looking, self-assured boy who accepts a ride home from a drunken acquaintance and ends up in a horrible accident--badly burned, his face completely disfigured. Life as it was before is over...he loses his girlfriend and his friends, and finds that people are making judgements about him and how he feels without even knowing.
As Martin struggles through the reconstruction of his face, he is also working hard to reconstruct his life. His character, however, remains intact. There are startling truths in this story, written with clarity and insight, which make it utterly believable and impossible to read without heartfelt empathy. Parents, librarians, teachers and mostly children will be absorbed by the story.
