A weight lifted : a story of trials, tribulations, and and triumphs
(Book)

If you're the biggest kid in high school, you can't help but to be seen. If you look exactly like the town drunk, it's impossible to hide. In A Weight Lifted, bad luck and a lifetime of an alcoholic father's secrets leave a young man searching for the light in his dark world.Trying to survive high school and an abusive father, Daniel Brock must face his own problems while avoiding his monster of a parent. When a fish-loving girl and a six-fingered boy befriend him, Daniel begins to find life isn't as bad as it seems, at least not at school. At home, his father's past and a life-changing secret about his mother turn Daniel's world upside down. After taking a stand against the school bully, Daniel's school counselor, Coach Janssen, takes him under his wing and gives Daniel an outlet for all his bottled up anger and frustrations--powerlifting. With his two new friends and a musclebound mentor, Daniel sets out to find just how strong he can really be.,amazon.com.