Boy on the edge
By: Fridrik Erlings
Edition: First U.S. ed.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Somerville, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780763666804
Subjects: Boys; Teenage boys; Fiction; Teenagers; Juvenile fiction
Work titles: Bróðir Lúsifer
Description: "Henry has a clubfoot and he is the target of relentless bullying. One day, in a violent fit of anger, Henry lashes out at the only family he has-- his mother. Sent to live with other troubled boys at the Home of Lesser Brethren, an isolated farm perched in the craggy lava fields along the unforgiving Icelandic coast, Henry finds a precarious contentment among the cows. But it is the people, including the manic preacher who runs the home, who fuel Henry's frustration and sometimes rage as he yearns for a life and a home. Author Fridrik Erlings offers a young adult novel that explores cruelty and desperation, tenderness and remorse, but most importantly, kindness and friendship."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Translation of: Bróðir Lúsifer.

Ages 13 and up Lexile.

Translated from the Icelandic.