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Gr 9-Up This sequel to "Boy O'Bo"y (Groundwood, 2004) is set in Canada during the Korean War. Martin O'Boy is now 15 and living with Grampa Rip, a friend's elderly grandfather, so he can care for him when "his brain goes away." Martin lies about his age in order to get a delivery job with the Pure Spring soft drink company. He is paired with mentally disturbed Randy, who steals from customers and subjects Martin to anti-Semitic rants and dirty stories. Randy discovers that Martin has...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Set in the early 1950s, this sequel to Boy O'Boy (rev. 3/04) returns to Ottawa's Lowertown to find fifteen-year-old Martin O'Boy guiltily going against his late granny's maxim that "lying poisons your soul." To get a job as a driver's assistant at the Pure Spring soft drink company, Martin pretends to be sixteen and soon finds himself blackmailed into helping the driver, Randy, cheat customers. Once again Doyle lovingly shapes his characters;...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This sequel to <i>Boy O'Boy</i> finds fifteen-year-old Martin working as a soda company driver's assistant. In addition to work tro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More