The Serpent King, by Jeff Zentner
【蛇王吉他手的煩惱】
青春的時光無法後退，怎麼抉擇才不會後悔？
在田納西州的鄉下高中，原本行事低調的迪爾，卻因為身為傳教士兼宗教養蛇人的父親鋃鐺入獄鬧得全城沸沸揚揚，也讓迪爾瞬間變成同學們談論、揶揄的攻擊目標。慶幸的是，他的校園生活並沒有因此悲慘度過，他還有兩位同伴兼摯友的崔維斯以及莉蒂亞，與他同在。除了擁有支持彼此的好朋友，寫詞、作曲、唱歌、彈吉他，對音樂的熱忱與喜愛也是迪爾生活的一大重心，幫助他釋放同儕與宗教養蛇家族的壓力。
然而三人的友誼看似堅固卻也易摧，他們知道高中畢業後一切都會改變－家境富裕的莉蒂亞要出城上大學，而迪爾和崔維斯則各自因為貧窮和對家庭的責任被困在城裡。除此之外，迪爾還有一個大秘密，他暗戀著莉蒂亞。
壓得讓人喘不過氣的家庭壓力、無法餬口的音樂興趣、天天都在倒數的友誼時光、愛在心裡口難開的戀情，一切的種種，讓畢業對迪爾來說不是新生活的開始，反而是一切的終結...
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Dill isn't the most popular kid at his rural Tennessee high school. After his father fell from grace in a public scandal that reverberated throughout their small town, Dill became a target. Fortunately, his two fellow misfits and best friends, Travis and Lydia, have his back.
But as they begin their senior year, Dill feels the coils of his future tightening around him. His only escapes are music and his secret feelings for Lydia--neither of which he is brave enough to share. Graduation feels more like an ending to Dill than a beginning. But even before then, he must cope with another ending--one that will rock his life to the core.
Debut novelist Jeff Zentner provides an unblinking and at times comic view of the hard realities of growing up in the Bible belt, and an intimate look at the struggles to find one’s true self in the wreckage of the past.
