The Boy From the Basement
For Charlie, the cold, dark basement is home. Father has kept him locked in there as punishment. Charlie doesn’t intend to leave, but when he is accidentally thrust outside, he awakens to the alien surroundings of a world to which he’s never before been exposed. Though haunted by hallucinations,...
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For Charlie, the cold, dark basement is home. Father has kept him locked in there as punishment. Charlie doesn’t intend to leave, but when he is accidentally thrust outside, he awakens to the alien surroundings of a world to which he’s never before been exposed. Though haunted by hallucinations, fear of the basement, and his father’s rage, Charlie must find a way to survive in his new world. He has escaped his past, but his journey has just begun.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142405468 (0142405469)
Publish date: February 2nd 2006
Publisher: Speak
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Novels,
Book Club,
Realistic Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Family,
Contemporary,
Sociology,
Abuse
If you remember A Child Called It, this book is similar. It is very timely since recently written. It's a moving story for a reader of any age, and there's nothing to preclude it being read by middle school students on up. It shows other kids as well as adults helping Charlie, who has been locked up...
I found this on my library shelves when I was doing inventory. Glad I picked it up and read it because now I have something to give kids who finish A Child Called It and want something on those same lines! Full review to come.
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