Boy O'Boy

by Brian Doyle and Brian Doyle

Book Overview

Martin O'Boy's life is not easy. His beloved Granny just died, his pregnant mother and father fight all the time, and his twin, Phil, is completely incapacitated. Martin is the one his mother counts on. But life in Ottawa's Lowertown is not all bad. He has his best friend, Billy Batson, the movies, his cat Cheap and there's the glamorous Buz from next door, a soldier in the war. As the war comes to an end with the bombing of Hiroshima, Ottawa is in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888996543
• ISBN13: 9780888996541
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 11 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 8