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Author:

Herrick, Steven.

Title:

The simple gift / Steven Herrick.

Edition:

1st Simon Pulse ed.

Publisher:

Simon Pulse,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

188 p. ; 18 cm.

Subject:

Teenagers--Poetry.
Teenage boys--Poetry.
Dysfunctional families--Poetry.
Homeless men--Poetry.
Coming of age--Fiction.
narrative poetry.
Australin poetry.
Librarians--Poetry.
Homelessness--Fiction.
Teenagers--Fiction.
Novels in verse, Juvenile.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0689868677 (pbk.)
9780689868672 (pbk.)
9780689868672 (pbk.) :
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Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

30SX663 -- Osage High School (Osage)