The final novel from Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet is a
sweeping coming-of-age adventure, with all the characteristic
beauty and strenth of his prose. Both harrowing and life-affirming,
the final novel from Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet is the
sweeping coming-of-age adventure of a mixed race boy transported to
North America. Born from a street liaison between a poor young
woman and an African sailor in the 1900s, Beck is soon orphaned and
sent to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. Shipped to work on a farm,
his escape takes him across the continent in a search for
belonging. Enduring abuse and many hardships, Beck has times of
comfort and encouragement, eventually finding Grace, the woman with
whom he can finally forge his life and shape his destiny as a young
man. A picaresque novel set during the Depression as experienced by
a young black man, it depicts great pain but has an uplifting and
inspiring conclusion.
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