num_pages: 176
description: Sixteen-year-old misfit Chris Boyd moves with his  mother, a practical nurse, from one live-in job to  another. Lloyd Dipardi, himself a misfit, points  the way to manhood for Chris by teaching him to  take responsibility for his own life.  An  ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
language: English
title: Confessions of a Teenage Baboon
titlecomplete: Confessions of a Teenage Baboon
genres: Childrens, Teen, Humor, Young Adult, Coming Of Age, Fiction
ratings_count: 578
publisher: Starfire