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Abbott, Tony

The Summer of Owen Todd

217 pp. | Farrar | October, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-30550-5 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-374-30552-9
(3) 4-6 Eleven-year-old Owen struggles to decide whether breaking his promise of silence to his best friend is worse than allowing Sean to endure sexual abuse. Owen is driven to act when he realizes Sean is contemplating suicide. The aftermath--legal, societal, and emotional--of the revelation is described with sensitivity and heart. Information about organizations supporting sexual abuse victims and young people considering suicide is appended.
Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

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