From Carnegie Medal–winning author Mal Peet comes a sweeping coming-of-age adventure, both harrowing and life-affirming.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 char...
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Candlewick (April 11, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0763678422
ISBN-13: 978-0763678425
Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.9 x 8.8 inches
Amazon Rank: 1609834
Format: PDF Text TXT ebook
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