Sophomores Author:Sean Desmond Dan Malone, a sophomore at a Jesuit College Prep, is just trying to make it through the school year. Bright but unmotivated, Dan is struggling with what to make of his life, and finds unconventional direction in his Honors English class, where he and his classmates are shocked into actual learning by their enigmatic teacher. — At home, Dan's ... more »parents have reached a breaking point. Pat, chief actuary for a struggling American Airlines and faced with a debilitating MS diagnosis, has fallen into drinking. Anne, his dutiful and devoutly Catholic wife, is selcted as a juror for a higly publicized attempted murder trial, one that raises questions - about God, and about men in power - she has wrestled with her entire life.
With humor and tenderness, Sophomores follows each of the Malones through the course of one year as they endure the rise and fall of coming-of-age and the power of family redemption.« less