Synopses & Reviews
As Hard As 11-Year-Old Sonny And His Mother Try, They Can’t Predict His Father’s Sudden Rages, Which Can Turn Physical In An Instant. Jake’s Anger Only Gets Worse After Long Days Laboring At The Local Paper Mill, And When Uncle Louis Appears. Louis Seems To Show Up When Sonny And His Mother Need Help Most, But There Is Something About Him And His Quiet, Wise Ways That Only Fuels Jake’s Rage. The Love Of Sonny’s Fragile Mother, The Support And Protection Of His Uncle Louis, And An Unexpected Friendship With A Librarian Help Sonny Gain The Confidence To Stand Up To His Father. The Consequences Of His Actions, And The Source Of His Father’s Self-Hatred, Will Reverberate Through The Hearts And Minds Of Readers And Challenge Them To Examine Their Own Feelings About Love, Acceptance, And Self-Esteem.
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As hard as 11-year-old Sonny and his mother try, they can't predict his father's sudden rages, which can turn physical in an instant. Jake's anger only gets worse after long days laboring at the local paper mill, and when Uncle Louis appears. Louis seems to show up when Sonny and his mother need help most, but there is something about him and his quiet, wise ways that only fuels Jake's rage. the love of Sonny's fragile mother, the support and protection of his Uncle Louis, and an unexpected friendship with a librarian help Sonny gain the confidence to stand up to his father. the consequences of his actions, and the source of his father's self-hatred, will reverberate through the hearts and minds of readers and challenge them to examine their own feelings about love, acceptance, and self-esteem.
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Bruchac shares a powerful story of family and identity with this semi-autobiographical account of an 11-year-old Native American boy who gains the confidence to stand up to his abusive father and find the source of his father's self-hatred.
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Acclaimed author Joseph Bruchac makes his Scholastic Press debut with a powerful story of family and identity.
11-yr-old Sonny lives with his mother and father up near the Canadian border. Theirs isnt a peaceful household, given his father Jakes sudden rages, which can turn physical in an instant. Sonnys refuge is his mother, and his uncle Louis, a quiet, wise old man who seems to always appear when Sonny and his mother need help most. Jake hates when Louis comes around, but luckily he works long hours at the nearby paper mill. Through an unexpected friendship with a new school librarian, Sonny gains enough confidence to stand up to his his father, and to finally confront (cont'd)