Junk boy /
Abbott, Tony, 1952-
Junk boy / Tony Abbott. - First edition. - 352 pages ; 22 cm
"Bobby, who is bullied by the kids at school for living in a home with a front yard that is filled with garbage, meets a young artist who teaches him to see himself as more than "Junk Boy.""-- Junk. That's what the kids at school call Bobby Lang. Trying desperately to live under the radar at school-- and at the home he shares with his angry, neglectful father-- Bobby develops a sort of proud loneliness. The only buffer between him and the uncaring world is his love of the long, wooded trail between school and home. Then he meets Rachel. She is an artist who sees him in a way no one ever has. Maybe it's because she has her own kind of junk, and a parent who hates what Rachel is: gay. Together the two embark on journeys to clean up the messes that fill their lives, searching against all odds for hope and redemption. -- adapted from Goodreads
Ages 14 up. Katherine Tegen Books. Grades 10-12. Katherine Tegen Books.
9780062491251 0062491253
2020000858
Novels in verse.
Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Child abuse--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Abused teenagers--Fiction.
Lesbian teenagers--Fiction.
Victims of bullying--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Novels in verse.
LGBTQ+.
Junk boy / Tony Abbott. - First edition. - 352 pages ; 22 cm
"Bobby, who is bullied by the kids at school for living in a home with a front yard that is filled with garbage, meets a young artist who teaches him to see himself as more than "Junk Boy.""-- Junk. That's what the kids at school call Bobby Lang. Trying desperately to live under the radar at school-- and at the home he shares with his angry, neglectful father-- Bobby develops a sort of proud loneliness. The only buffer between him and the uncaring world is his love of the long, wooded trail between school and home. Then he meets Rachel. She is an artist who sees him in a way no one ever has. Maybe it's because she has her own kind of junk, and a parent who hates what Rachel is: gay. Together the two embark on journeys to clean up the messes that fill their lives, searching against all odds for hope and redemption. -- adapted from Goodreads
Ages 14 up. Katherine Tegen Books. Grades 10-12. Katherine Tegen Books.
9780062491251 0062491253
2020000858
Novels in verse.
Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Child abuse--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Abused teenagers--Fiction.
Lesbian teenagers--Fiction.
Victims of bullying--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Novels in verse.
LGBTQ+.