silent Room

Silent Room

By: Walter Sorrells

            A boy named Oswald, had his father die at a young age and his mother is remarried to an abusive Don. His step father, Don, lies and frames him for beating up three kids and all sorts of other events. He is taken to a therapist who makes him do push-ups and reads magazines. His life couldn’t get worse, or could it?

            Oz and his family lived very peacefully until his dad died a young age. His mom’s gets remarried to Don. Don sounds like a nice guy when Oz’s mom’s around but when she leaves, he turns abusive and makes Oz “wrestle” him, which is more of Don pinning him over and over. Oz is later taken to a therapist, Mr. Childers, who says straight up that Oz  doesn’t care how he feels and makes him do push-ups. After wrestling with Don, Oz has become strong and developed a temper. He got a D in geometry and when a nerd makes fun of him he explodes and punches him. At dinner while talking about the fight Don lies and clams he has been in two other fights. His mom, who was in denial, sends him to a boarding school requested by Don. Once at the school Oz realizes that the school is a lot worse than wrestling with Don. As soon as he reaches the campus he runs into the forest but the School has guard dogs that bring him back. He is locked in his room until he can memorize 37 rules and then let into the school. He will later face a terrible punishment, the silent room.

            Can Oz go through this school before he is driven mad? And what is the silent room? Silent room is a quick pace book that will shock its readers by the harshness of Oz’s boarding school.