War Boy

by Kief Hillsbery

Hardcover, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

PS3558.I4534 W37

Publication

William Morrow (2000), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 336 pages

Description

Fleeing an abusive father, fourteen-year-old Radboy takes to the road with Jonnyboy, an older friend and mentor who is the only person Radboy believes he can trust. On the bus headed out of town they hook up with Finn and Critter, a couple of speed-freak boyfriends who take a shine to both of them.They also meet Ula, who is mourning the death of her fianc#65533; and taking a trip across the United States in his memory.The five become fast allies, united by personal loss and by the allure of intimacy only friends in the throes of conflict can understand. When Jonnyboy drops out of sight, Radboy stays behind in San Francisco, where the underground world he has been introduced to inspires his own burgeoning sexual and emotional desires.

Language

Physical description

336 p.; 9.8 inches

ISBN

0688171419 / 9780688171414

Local notes

OCLC = 140
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