by Jeremy Phillips
Published by: Limitless Publishing
Publication date: September 8th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult
Synopsis
It’s
not surprising that sixteen year old Chris Jones has no idea where he fits in…
After
all, he’s a Buddhist kid in America—during the Christmas season. Add in the
fact he plays guitar in a punk rock band called The Dharma Bhumz, and his life
is one giant paradox. Caught between the principles of his religion and the
influence of his hard-partying bandmates, Chris is in a constant struggle for
balance.
An
upcoming talent show is his chance to shine—or fail spectacularly…
It’s
already hard enough preparing for the show, since his friends are more
interested in getting high than practicing. And now Chris has to worry about
impressing pretty Mary Simpson. To make matters even worse, Mary’s parents are
fundamentalist Christians, a few steps above his family on the social ladder,
and they firmly believe Chris isn’t good enough for their precious daughter.
Conflicted
about his friends, lying to his family, and still mourning a devastating loss,
Chris wonders if being an American Buddhist guitar wizard wanna-be is worth it.
Or
does any of it even matter anymore?
Quotes
I feel trapped. I know that I
ought to just leave. I ought to just
ditch the whole ridiculous Dharma Bhumz thing, despite what the other kids at
school will say, despite all the fliers that are up around the building with my
picture on it. I know that being the
only straight one, the only one who cares enough about our band to keep trying
to get it back on track, is only going to be a lot of irritating and
frustrating work. To try to stay will be
foolish. But, at the same time, I know
that I can’t do anything else but stay.
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AUTHOR BIO
Jeremy
Phillips has been interested in Buddhist philosophy for more than twenty
years, and attends services at a Shin Buddhist temple in
Spokane, Washington. When he isn't writing or keeping busy being
a father and husband, he works as a Respiratory Therapist at several different
hospitals. He lives in Spokane with his wife, children,
dogs, and bonsai trees.
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