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Boy O'Boy

Boy O'Boy

by Brian Doyle

Juvenile fictionFictionMale friendship in fictionMale friendshipBoys in fiction
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About this book

Martin O'Boy 's loving grandmother and true friends help him deal with the poverty of Ottawa's Lowertown during the end of World War II, a developmentally delayed twin brother, a mother who is overly dependent on his help, and the abuse he receives at the hands of a church choir leader.

Themes & subjects

Juvenile fictionFictionMale friendship in fictionMale friendshipBoys in fictionChild sexual abuse

Setting

CanadaOntarioOttawa (Ont.)1918-1945

About the author

Brian Doyle

12 August 1935

Canadian children's writer

Author

Brian Doyle

Pages

162

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

4

Language

English

Publisher

Groundwood Books

ISBN

9780888996541

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