A high school student has just reached his dream of being a self-published author. He says achieving that at 18 means honoring who helped him get there.
Chris Steadman, a senior at LaVergne High School, has self-published his first young adult book on Amazon. The book, called “Time to Scrap,” chronicles the struggle of protagonist Joseph, who aims to win a fighting tournament and rise from a life of poverty, gangs and violence in his urban neighborhood. “Time to Scrap is about a teen entering a fighting tournament to help save him and his family. Steadman said. “And while it may sound like and seem like a video .