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Reviewed on July 1, 2006
Gr 5-7 Rejected by his aunts who take in three of his sisters following their mother -s death, 13-year-old Robert Remick, nicknamed Runt, is offered a home by his estranged older sister, Helen, who lives in a trailer with her sinister boyfriend, Cole. His family -s poverty and despair had kept Runt an outsider and now he refuses to attend school in the new place, instead spending his days exploring the town and collecting empty cans for pocket money. Drawn to the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




