Paperboy
by:
Vince Vawter (author)
Vince Vawter,Library Binding, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Children's Books on 05-14-2013
Vince Vawter,Library Binding, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Children's Books on 05-14-2013
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780375990588 (0375990585)
ASIN: 9780375990588
Publish date: 14-05-2013
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
I really enjoyed listening to this book - the reader was excellent.
Surprisingly touching, though it takes a while to get to the unusual way dialogue is presented here. Everything with Little Man and Mr. Spiro, and Little Man and Mam was great. Recommended to stutterers and, really, anyone with an invisible disability. A pleasant Newbery Honor surprise. (The committ...
A wonderfully written coming-of-age debut novel about a stuttering paperboy in 1959 Memphis.
Vince Vawter's Paperboy is a very literary middle-grade contemporary story that turned out to be not what I quite expected, but in a really good way.In 1959 Memphis, an 11 year old boy takes over his friend's paper route for a month. The main character, who remains nameless for most of the novel, ha...