{"product_id":"the-outside-boy-9780451229489","title":"The Outside Boy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poignant, coming of age novel about an Irish gypsy boy's childhood in the 1950's from the national bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Rip in Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIreland, 1959\u003c\/i\u003e Young Christopher Hurley is a tinker, a Pavee gypsy, who roams with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. Christy carries with him a burden of guilt as well, haunted by the story of his mother's death in childbirth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe wandering life is the only one Christy has ever known, but when his grandfather dies, everything changes. His father decides to settle briefly, in a town, where Christy and his cousin can receive proper schooling and prepare for their first communions. But still, always, they are treated as outsiders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Christy struggles to find his way amid the more conventional lives of his new classmates, he starts to question who he is and where he belongs. But then the discovery of an old newspaper photograph, and a long-buried secret from his mother's mysterious past, changes his life forever....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451229489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2010 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2011 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jeanine Cummins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916906795189,"sku":"9780451229489","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7228406f-82ce-411e-947a-dda12d46f81b.jpg?v=1687273491","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-outside-boy-9780451229489","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}