Kyle Cook is in tenth grade. His father died in a car accident when
Kyle was eleven. He lives with his mother and his fourteen-year-old
sister. He kicks field goals and extra points after touchdowns for
his high school football team. He also harbors, in the deep
recesses of his mind, a horrible secret of a past event. Kyle's
secret has lain dormant, its effects on him hardly noticeable to
his family and his friends until his awakening sexual interests
cause the influences of Kyle's earlier trauma to arise and become
noticeable in his behavior. Kyle's abnormal behavior threatens to
rend asunder his family's cohesion. Kyle's mother wisely involves
him in therapeutic counseling. Although his counselor may be
physically limited as she is confined to a wheel chair, her
intuition and skilled intervention with Kyle are unfettered. Kyle
soon seems on the road to recovery until one more catastrophe, the
cause rooted in Kyle's past, threatens to destroy all that he has
been able to accomplish. The author hopes that 'Points After Abuse'
will provide insight for young adults both to the effects that
trauma may have on one's behavior and to the importance of being
open when engaging in a counseling relationship in order to
maximize the benefits of that relationship. There are other novels
that deal with similar issues: like 'Speak', by Laurie Anderson,
and 'Dreamland' by Sarah Dessen. Both books feature female
protagonists. 'Points After Abuse' focuses on a male protagonist.
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