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Three best friends--Skitz, Hector, and Drew--find their bond sorely tested by the three priests who run their school, and who are determined to tear them apart, forcing Drew to take action when Hector becomes lost to the darkness of violence and shame.
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Chris Lynch is a National Book Award finalist and the author of many highly acclaimed books for young adults, including Who the Man and the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Freewill; Iceman, Shadow Boxer, Gold Dust, and Slot Machine, all ALA Best Books for Young Adults; and Extreme Elvin.
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Grade 9 Up–Three teens–friends since their first day of Catholic school–tease, pummel, and support one another in this story set in a working-class Boston diocese. The narrator, Drew, like his dad, is a skeptical observer of the ways that power plays out in the classroom and church; fatherless Skitz is one of those kids who is not going to stay in the system much longer; and Hector–well, something is really eating at Hector, the devout Altar Boy of the Year. The three have vowed to stand by one another, come what may. What comes is a growing awareness of the personal problems of the men who are supposed to be shepherding them through adolescence. Fathers Blarney, Mullarkey, and Shenanigan, as the boys call them, have an inordinate hold over their lives, both in school and beyond. The charming and disarming Father Mullarkey is a bit of a renegade and the two older priests engage in petty cruelties and power games. The evocation of parish life and parochial-school experience is pitch perfect, as are the boys ribald camaraderie and sports obsession. As Drews awareness of the priests fallibility grows, so does the eerie sense that one of them is harming Hector in secret–and that the abuse may be sexual. This vivid, fast-paced, hard-hitting novel is no diatribe; instead it conveys with texture and conviction the damage that young people can be subjected to when adult influence goes unchecked. Overriding even this sad truth is the memorable depiction of the boys friendship and the redemptive power of their deep commitment to one another.–Carolyn Lehman, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
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- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 006074037X
- ISBN 13 9780060740375
- BindingHardcover
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