Ten Mile River by Paul GriffinHaving escaped from juvenile detention centers and foster care, two teenaged boys live on their own in an abandoned shack in a New York City park, making their way by stealing, occasionally working, and trying to keep from being arrested.
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...The boys come to life on the pages, as does their relationship, and their conversations are often laugh-out-loud funny...the plot defies predictions, and some memorable scenes and the strongly drawn characters lift the story above other urban tales of woe.
...Ten Mile River is 21st century Twain: the dialect, the close escapes, fishing for their dinner, a near-drowning, even the floating dead bodies. This one belongs in a high school curriculum.
Can't wait to read this one. It sounds like a real page-turner.
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