Who the Man
Published on 26. March 2013
186 pages
978-1-4804-0457-1 (ISBN)
Description
Earl doesn't want to be a bully. It's not his fault that his body is as big as a football player's!
Thirteen-year-old middle-schooler Earl has the body and facial scruff of a man-and this gets him into trouble. Everyone thinks Earl's a tough guy, but he's just trying to get by. Thinking he knows what's right from wrong-and using his fists to prove his point-earns him a week's suspension from school. Earl thinks he'll have a relaxing week, but things soon slip out of his control when his home life starts to fall apart. He may be as big as a grown-up, but Earl will learn that being a man means more than how you look on the outside.
Thirteen-year-old middle-schooler Earl has the body and facial scruff of a man-and this gets him into trouble. Everyone thinks Earl's a tough guy, but he's just trying to get by. Thinking he knows what's right from wrong-and using his fists to prove his point-earns him a week's suspension from school. Earl thinks he'll have a relaxing week, but things soon slip out of his control when his home life starts to fall apart. He may be as big as a grown-up, but Earl will learn that being a man means more than how you look on the outside.
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Person
Chris Lynch (b. 1962), a Boston native, is an award-winning author of several acclaimed young adult novels, including
Freewill (2001), which won the Michael L. Printz Honor, and National Book Award finalist
Inexcusable (2005). Lynch holds an MA from the writing program at Emerson College, and teaches in the creative writing MFA program at Lesley University. He mentors aspiring writers and continues to work on new literary projects while splitting time between Boston and Scotland.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Big Man
- Pryor Church
- In Sevens
- Shaltnots
- Lamb Chops and Sweet Potatoes
- Night Sweats
- Spring Meadow
- Together
- Exile
- Return
- A Biography of Chris Lynch
- Copyright
