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C3 - Allegheny County; Allegheny River; Pittsburgh; North Side; Central Northside; Allegheny General Hospital; Brackenridge; Allegheny Ludlum Brackenridge Works; Harrison Twp.; Harrison Hills Park; Natrona; Natrona Heights; St. Joseph's High School; Tarentum; CY - New York LA - English M3 - Novel N1 - Settings are disguised as follows: St. Joseph's High School is St. Michael the Archangel High School; Charles A. Huston Middle School is Burrell Middle School. N2 - Three working-class freshmen—Peter Davidek, Noah Stein, and Lorelei Pakel—must join forces to survive the bullies and zealots of St. Michael the Archangel, a failing Catholic high school in the Allegheny Valley. “Every bully who stalked you, every sadistic teacher who ever terrified you, every stupid prank, every hopeless crush and false friend,” writes contemporary horror novelist Stephen King, “[t]hey’re all here, along with a few kids who hang together and try to do the right thing in a brutal environment.” PB - Thomas Dunne Books PP - New York PY - 2014 RN - Anthony Breznican (1977- ) is a New Kensington, Westmoreland County native who works in Los Angeles as a senior writer for Entertainment Weekly. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and worked as a reporter for The Associated Press, Arizona Republic, and USA Today. EP - 416 p. TI - Brutal Youth ER -