Pepper Roux is a young boy who has been told that he will die on his 14th birthday, so in order to circumvent death, he steps into other people's lives and "becomes" them. The book recounts Pepper's manic and many adventures as he lives a wide variety of lives and the writing is descriptive, original and beautiful in parts. Opinion on this book is divided with some readers finding it confusing and having difficulty engaging with the many characters we are presented with, because there is not enough time given to proper character development, while others sing the book's praises.
Verdict: This book does contain some objectionable language (damn, bitch, ass, piss, and multiple uses of whore) Also, some students could potentially feel offended at the negative and definite "weaponised" portrayal of Catholicism.