Boy O'Boy

By Brian Doyle

Subjects: Boys, Canada, fiction, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Family life, fiction, Male friendship, Boys in fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Child sexual abuse, Fiction, Children's fiction, Social conditions, Juvenile fiction, Male friendship in fiction

Description: Martin O'Boy 's loving grandmother and true friends help him deal with the poverty of Ottawa's Lowertown during the end of World War II, a developmentally delayed twin brother, a mother who is overly dependent on his help, and the abuse he receives at the hands of a church choir leader.