Young Man with Camera
by:
David S. Wyman (author)
Emil Sher (author)
A picture is worth a thousand words -- and with a unique photographic format, a stunning original voice, and a provocative portrayal of bullying, Young Man with Camera is a book to get people talking. T-- is used to getting grief. He gets it from his mom, who blames herself for his accident years...
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A picture is worth a thousand words -- and with a unique photographic format, a stunning original voice, and a provocative portrayal of bullying, Young Man with Camera is a book to get people talking. T-- is used to getting grief. He gets it from his mom, who blames herself for his accident years earlier. He gets it from Mr. Lam, who suspects every kid of stealing from his shop. Worst of all, he gets it from Joined at the Hip, a trio of bullies so vicious that they leave T-- terrified of even using his entire name. But T-- has his own strength too: his camera, which captures the unique way he sees the world. His pictures connect him to Ms. Karamath, the kind librarian at school; his friend Sean, whose passion for mysteries is matched only by his love for his dog; and especially Lucy, a homeless woman who shares his admiration for the photographer Diane Arbus. When Lucy is attacked by Joined at the Hip, T-- documents the assault on film. But the bullies know he has the photographs, and their anger could be deadly. What's the right thing for T-- to do? Do pictures ever tell the whole truth? And what if the truth isn't always the right answer?
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780545541312 (054554131X)
ASIN: 054554131X
Publish date: 2015-09-29
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
There was so much to like about this book. I loved how he captured images with his camera, and his thoughts about the world showed that he was a boy who was older than his thirteen years. As I read, I was writing down a few of his thoughts as I thought they were outstanding. He was a boy with a scar...