Dianne C. Braley —This is a fabulous book! This Way Out is an unflinching coming-of-age novel that dares to confront the ghosts of race, class, and abandonment inside the walls of a forgotten institution. Ron DeChristoforo writes with razor-sharp insight and aching tenderness, capturing the brutal truths of boyhood. With prose that cuts deep and characters who linger long after the final page, this is a powerful, necessary story about survival, solidarity, and the search for escape.
award-winning author of The Silence in the Sound and The Summer Before