HardCover. Pub Date: December 2007 Pages: 224 Publisher: HarperTeen It's the summer before senior year and Marcus should BE hanging out. Filling HIS SketchBook. Maybe asking a girl out for once. So why is he in a car with HIS other. his other's girl. and the pistol. headed straight toward his dad David Hernandez writes with striking lyricism and unfaltering poise. Suckerpunch marks the debut of a superb and important new literary talent.