Joel Magalnick

Jason Drucker is an otherwise normal 14-year-old stuck in an ugly situation. What should have been some harmless teasing with some of his neighborhood buddies has turned into a full-scale war at their junior high school. Jason has been pushed into leading his side, and now he’s got to figure out how to calm things down again.
This is the story of One Rubber Band, a new work of fiction by Joel Magalnick. It is the funny but poignant story of a young boy faced with making real-life decisions for the first time, and how he reacts to those decisions. It’s an eventful four weeks as Jason experiences conflict, the need to salvage old friendships, the excitement of forming new ones, and even his first kiss. The story is fun, a bit tragic, compelling and magical.