Beck
Peet, Mal2017
Book
Both harrowing and life-affirming, the final novel from Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet is the sweeping coming-of-age adventure of a mixed race boy transported to North America. Born from a street liaison between a poor young woman and an African sailor in the 1900s, Beck is soon orphaned and sent to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. Shipped to work on a farm, his escape takes him across the continent in a search for belonging. Enduring abuse and many hardships, Beck has times of comfort and encouragement, eventually finding Grace, the woman with whom he can finally forge his life and shape his destiny as a young man.
Main title:
Beck / Mal Peet with Meg Rosoff.
Author:
Peet, Mal, authorRosoff, Meg, 1956-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Walker Books, 2017.
Collation:
266 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.
Audience:
Interest age level: 14+.Adolescent.
ISBN:
9781406361421 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2521661