The Ballad of Knuckles McGraw /
Peterson, Lois J., 1952- , author.
The Ballad of Knuckles McGraw / Lois Peterson. - Victoria, B.C. : Orca Books, 2010. - 105 pages : music ; 19 cm
After eight-year-old Kevin Mason's mother abandons him, he takes refuge in his fantasy of becoming Knuckles McGraw, a tough cowboy roaming the plains on his legendary horse, Burlington Northern. But instead of riding the range, Kevin is stuck in a foster home with a pierced and tattooed teenager named Ice and a mute girl named Breezy.
While he waits to be claimed by the father he barely remembers or the mother who left him a good-bye note in his lunchbox, Kevin (aka Knuckles McGraw) tries to communicate with Breezy, learns to get along with his bunkhouse-mate Ice, and discovers that memories can be as deceptive as family secrets.
08-11.
Silver Birch Express Award official selection.
9781554692033
20099068761
Foster children--Fiction.
Cowboys--Fiction.Fiction.
Imagination--Fiction.
FICTION / General.
F PET
The Ballad of Knuckles McGraw / Lois Peterson. - Victoria, B.C. : Orca Books, 2010. - 105 pages : music ; 19 cm
After eight-year-old Kevin Mason's mother abandons him, he takes refuge in his fantasy of becoming Knuckles McGraw, a tough cowboy roaming the plains on his legendary horse, Burlington Northern. But instead of riding the range, Kevin is stuck in a foster home with a pierced and tattooed teenager named Ice and a mute girl named Breezy.
While he waits to be claimed by the father he barely remembers or the mother who left him a good-bye note in his lunchbox, Kevin (aka Knuckles McGraw) tries to communicate with Breezy, learns to get along with his bunkhouse-mate Ice, and discovers that memories can be as deceptive as family secrets.
08-11.
Silver Birch Express Award official selection.
9781554692033
20099068761
Foster children--Fiction.
Cowboys--Fiction.Fiction.
Imagination--Fiction.
FICTION / General.
F PET