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CBC Showcase: Fiction on the Edge

A brother's brutal behavior is the subject of a new novel by the acclaimed author of Pool Boy

cover Vandal

by Michael Simmons

Will is pretty much your average 16-year-old. He does well enough in school, plays in a rock band, chases girls with little success, and has a typical collection of oddball friends...with one significant exception. For as long as he can remember, he has been systematically beaten up--physically, mentally, and emotionally--by his older brother. Taut, gripping and at times mordantly funny, Vandal amply fulfills the promise of Michael Simmons's justly praised first novel, Pool Boy


Ages 12 and up
ISBN: 1596430702
Price: $16.95
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

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