Review: Terrific!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 30, 2013
This book is very different from Pratt's other books, but just as well written.  It is an almost Faulkneresque story of an orphan growing up in rural America, written from the point of view of the orphan as he faces many hardships and a few triumphs as well.  I can't help feeling it is the story of all too many kids growing up during that time.  It exposes the cruelty of bullies and the abuse of power by too many in our country.  It also has examples of real kindness shown by others, sometimes in the simplest things, and how memorable those expressions of kindness are by their rarity in this boy's life.  This is a superb book for anyone to read.