num_pages: 188
description: I'm not proud.I'm sixteen, and soonto 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.
language: English
title: The Simple Gift
titlecomplete: The Simple Gift
genres: Fiction, Poetry, Australia, School, Young Adult, Romance, Read For School, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Love
ratings_count: 1937
places: Australia
awards: awardedAt: 1483257600000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Preis der Jugendjury
publisher: Simon Pulse