![]() ![]() “I worked so hard to find the school Ian this morning that I see Dad’s public image clearly today, too. “Dad really comes across like the perfect principal he wants to be,” says Ian. ![]() ![]() Ian’s father, who tries to present himself as the perfect candidate for the highly prestigious job of school superintendent with the perfect son and wife, tragically controls Ian’s life. I lose time in a fog when that happens, and I don’t even remember if I’ve done things.” “Sometimes I sort of zone out,” he says, “kind of like those Indian fakirs who go into a trance so they can walk on hot coals. When Teddy disappears, Ian sees his friend in his dreams, hears strange voices, and has trouble recalling anything about the day his best friend suddenly came up missing. Fifteen-year-old Ian and his only friend, Teddy, seek to take the perfect photo of a California redwood tree as their escape-Ian from his dominating father who happens to be the school principal, and Teddy from his alcoholic mother and mysteriously unknown father. Teens who know these realities seek ways of escape. Perfectionism, greed, child abuse, and deception are sad realities of modern America. ![]()
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