The Boy Who Hit Back

"I may look like a normal kid, but on the inside I'm busted glass."

Matthew is fighting, stealing, and skipping school. This once popular high school kid is screwing up big time, and his perfect world is quickly unraveling. After his parents divorced and his brother and father went missing, he needed an outlet for his rage.

Matthew escapes to the seductive streets of Greenwich Village, where he is fascinated by Sailor Barlow, a mysterious panhandler. When Matt discovers a dark secret about Barlow, an ex-prizefighter, he's convinced he is the only person who can save him-and risks everything in the process.

As Matt sinks deeper into New York City's skid-row, a hell-hole infested with liars, cheats, thugs, depravity, kidnapping, and death, he discovers that sometimes, the brightest lights come from the darkest places.

Determined to claw himself and Sailor back from the brink of destruction, Matthew discovers new bravery, innate cunning, and something even more rewarding than he could have ever imagined...

The Boy Who Hit Back evokes the best of Catcher in the Rye's portrayal of a too-tough young man, and is comparable to The Outsiders, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and Speak-all powerful, unsentimental coming-of-age novels that hit the sweet spot between character and plot-driven fiction.

Both adult and young adult readers alike will be captured by this inspirational novel.

Fans of The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak, Angelas Ashes by Frank McCourt, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, and Hatchet by Gary Paulson will love this coming of age novel.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Tck Publishing
Published: 10/15/2018
ISBN: 9781631610523
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d