Beck
By: Mal Peet
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Somerville, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780763678425
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Bildungsromans; Orphans; Depressions; Fiction
Description: Born of a brief encounter between a Liverpool prostitute and an African soldier in 1907, Beck finds himself orphaned as a young boy and sent overseas to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. At age fifteen he is sent to work on a farm, from which he eventually escapes. Finally in charge of his own destiny, Beck starts westward, crossing the border into America and back, all while the Great Depression rages on. What will it take for Beck to understand the agonies of his childhood and realize that love is possible?
Notes: YA Childrens Plus, Inc.

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