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Erlings, Fridrik

Boy on the Edge

219 pp. | Candlewick | February, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-6680-4 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-7636-7037-5
(2) YA In this Icelandic import we enter a world of spare darkness, with a landscape of lava rock and steep cliffs, that is steeped in stories of tragedy. Two boys meet in a foster home on a farm. Henry is deeply anxious, borderline illiterate, and incapable of human connection. Ollie, much younger, is a kind of fey visionary. A deeply engaging, anti-sentimental story.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2014

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