A Child Left Behind
Author | : Phil Hutcheon |
Publisher | : Mudville Nine Books |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2020-04-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 099084661X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780990846611 |
Rating | : 4/5 (1X Downloads) |
Book excerpt: What happens when a baby is abandoned in the richest country in the world? Five college students are about to find out.With a theme from Dickens, a narrative technique from Faulkner, and a diverse cast of characters from the gritty, All-American city of Stockton, California, A Child Left Behind invites readers to consider the humanitarian crises right under our noses, even while CNN shows us those at our borders and around the world. Tackling a new topic with the same "inherently compelling...memorably irreverent" (Midwest Book Review) style of his previous novels, Phil Hutcheon has crafted another "hilariously inappropriate" (Kirkus Reviews) contemporary tale.