Michael De Guzman
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Having spent his life trying to escape the foster care system, eventually becoming mute to keep out of trouble, twelve-year-old Newboy finally hits the streets, where a discarded ventriloquist's dummy gives him back his voice and his hope.
3) Melonhead
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Tired of living with his uncaring, divorced parents, Sidney, a twelve-year-old boy with an unusually large head, takes a bus trip across the United States which becomes a journey of self-discovery.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Nothing exciting ever happens to twelve-year-old Albert Rosegarden until he meets his grandfather for the first time, and the pair travel to Seattle, Washington, where Albert becomes a partner in his grandfather's elaborate scheme to "con a con man."
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"What happens when a badly abused elderly donkey, who is blind, toothless, starved and crippled, has a happy meeting with an animal lover? Over the course of 5 years he gains a lot of weight, has several birthday parties and develops a fondness for games and songs and falls in love with his owner. This is the true life story of Mr. Zane Grey who came, saw and conquered journalist Martha Smith." --