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The Simple Gift

The Simple Gift

by Steven Herrick
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/05/2004

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I'm not proud. I'm sixteen, and soon to be homeless.

Weary of his life with his alcoholic, abusive father, sixteen-year-old Billy packs a few belongings and hits the road, hoping for something better than what he left behind.

He finds a home in an abandoned freight train outside a small town, where he falls in love with rich, restless Caitlin and befriends a fellow train resident, "Old Bill," who slowly reveals a tragic past. When Billy is given a gift that changes everything, he learns not only to how forge his own path in life, but the real meaning of family.

ISBN:
9780689868672
9780689868672
Category:
Poetry
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-05-2004
Language:
English
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
194
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x10mm
Weight:
0.2kg
Steven Herrick

Steven Herrick is the author of twenty-four books for children and young adults. His books have twice won the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and have been shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards on eight occasions.

He is widely recognised as a pioneer of the verse-novel genre for young adults. He is also the author of six travel books. He spends nine months of the year visiting schools in Australia and three months on his bicycle pedalling slowly and thinking about his next book.

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