The outside boy
(Book)
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Published
New York : New American Library, [2010].
ISBN
9780451229489, 0451229487
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Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult Books | FIC CUMMINS J. | Being transferred between libraries |
Batavia Public Library District - Adult Fiction | FIC Cummins, Jeanine | On Shelf |
Bridgeview Public Library - Stacks | FICTION CUM | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : New American Library, [2010].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xii, 360 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780451229489, 0451229487
Notes
General Note
Includes readers guide.
Description
"A poignant, coming of age novel about an Irish gypsy boy’s childhood in the 1950’s from the national bestselling author of A Rip in Heaven and American Dirt. Ireland, 1959: Young Christopher Hurley is a tinker, a Pavee gypsy, who roams with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. Christy carries with him a burden of guilt as well, haunted by the story of his mother’s death in childbirth. The wandering life is the only one Christy has ever known, but when his grandfather dies, everything changes. His father decides to settle briefly, in a town, where Christy and his cousin can receive proper schooling and prepare for their first communions. But still, always, they are treated as outsiders. As Christy struggles to find his way amid the more conventional lives of his new classmates, he starts to question who he is and where he belongs. But then the discovery of an old newspaper photograph, and a long-buried secret from his mother’s mysterious past, changes his life forever...." -- Amazon.com
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cummins, J. (2010). The outside boy . New American Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cummins, Jeanine. 2010. The Outside Boy. New American Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cummins, Jeanine. The Outside Boy New American Library, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cummins, Jeanine. The Outside Boy New American Library, 2010.
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