War Boy
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ISBN: 0060935014 / Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, July 2001
A deaf-mute teenager running away from his abusive father befriends four other young people with their own problems, and the five allies begin a drug- and paranoia-filled odyssey that results in a life-changing violent act.
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Fleeing an abusive father, fourteen-year-old Radboy takes to the road with Jonnyboy, an older friend and mentor who is the only person Radboy believes he can trust. On the bus headed out of town they hook up with Finn and Critter, a couple of speed-freak boyfriends who take a shine to both of them.They also meet Ula, who is mourning the death of her fiancó and taking a trip across the United States in his memory.The five become fast allies, united by personal loss and by the allure of intimacy only friends in the throes of conflict can understand. When Jonnyboy drops out of sight, Radboy stays behind in San Francisco, where the underground world he has been introduced to inspires his own burgeoning sexual and emotional desires.
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