"silver masterfully develops a dynamic cast featuring a complex lead." -kirkus reviewsafter his father dies suddenly and his family's fortune takes a nosedive, jonas shore starts selling weed and pills to cool kids at his philadelphia high school to support himself and his mother; that is, until his hustle catches up with him and he's sent away to lafayette academy. in this testosterone-fueled boarding school for fatherless boys, jonas learns how to survive. he and his roommates form a tight unit, vowing to have each others' backs for life, but their bond is tested after a brush with death threatens to rob them of their futures. two decades later, jonas is balancing a family and several successful businesses when one of his old lafayette pals shows up with ghosts from the past, threatening to destroy everything he's built. set to a killer soundtrack with zeppelin, bowie and philly r&b, scorched is an engrossing portrait of a young man's coming-of-age and a gripping look at what happens when he tries to outrun his past.