Alienated, bullied, a classic underachiever, 12-year-old Brendan retreats into his fantasy world and then faces the long and demanding journey to a real world where he belongs.
Brendan doesn't get along with his foster mother, is failing 6th grade, and is being bullied mercilessly by delinquent boys. When he meets two new friends, an eccentric old man and a girl from summer school, and he feels hope. The plot contains violence.
- ISBN13 9780544230200
- Publish Date 2 September 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 May 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Houghton Mifflin
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English