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01958cam a2200433Ia 4500 001 9913AC762B0711DE8E590108A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20190308082542 008 040507s2004 nyu j 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0689868677 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780689868672 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780689868672 (pbk.) : 020 $a 0689868677 (pbk.) : 040 $a OCO $c OCO $d SILO $d OCL $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d XY4 $d GRR $d SINLB $d G8V $d UIB $d SILO 050 4 $a PR9619.3.H39 $b S56 2004 082 04 $a 821.3 $2 21 100 1 $a Herrick, Steven. 245 1 $a The simple gift / $c Steven Herrick. 250 $a 1st Simon Pulse ed. 260 $a New York : $b Simon Pulse, $c 2004. 300 $a 188 p. ; $c 18 cm. 520 $a I'm not proud. I'm sixteen, and soon to be homeless. Weary of his life with his alcoholic, abusive father, sixteen-year-old Billy packs a few belongings and hits the road, hoping for something better than what he left behind. He finds a home in an abandoned freight train outside a small town, where he falls in love with rich, restless Caitlin and befriends a fellow train resident, "Old Bill," who slowly reveals a tragic past. When Billy is given a gift that changes everything, he learns not only to how forge his own path in life, but the real meaning of family. 650 1 $a Teenagers $v Poetry. 650 1 $a Teenage boys $v Poetry. 650 1 $a Dysfunctional families $v Poetry. 650 1 $a Homeless men $v Poetry. 650 1 $a Coming of age $v Fiction. 650 1 $a narrative poetry. 650 1 $a Australin poetry. 650 1 $a Librarians $v Poetry. 650 0 $a Homelessness $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Teenagers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Novels in verse, Juvenile. $2 local 941 $a 3 952 $l MGPD463 $d 20201013052726.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20150911014953.0 952 $l 30SX663 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9913AC762B0711DE8E590108A8D7520A 994 $a 03 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search