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Beck by Mal Peet and Meg Rosoff (from a Two Thumbs Up reviewer)

Monday, Apr 24, 2017 at 9:32pm

$21.99

Beck has had struggles in life, but he has lots more to come. Orphaned at a really young age, Beck is having a rough life. His dad is nowhere to be found and his mother is dead. He is sent to the Catholic Brothers in Canada and from there, he is shipped off to a farm where he is put to work. The family he is with treats him terribly, until one day Beck can’t take it anymore. With the little bit of money he has, Beck goes on an unbelievable journey across the great country Canada. Along the way, he has very hard times but also great ones. How will his journey end? Read Beck to find out!

I give this book 4 stars and I would recommend this to people who are adventure seekers. I like many things about this book, but my favourite is how this book is written. It is written so smoothly, you just want to keep turning the pages. I would recommend the book for readers that are 12 and up because there is some mature content. The book was surely amazing.

- Logan, a Two Thumbs Up reviewer

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Beck

- Mal Peet, Meg Rosoff

Hardcover $21.99
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From Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet comes a sweeping coming-of-age adventure, both harrowing and life-affirming.

Born of a brief encounter between a Liverpool prostitute and an African soldier in 1907, Beck finds himself orphaned as a young boy and sent overseas to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. At age fifteen he is sent to work on a farm, from which he eventually escapes. Finally in charge of his own destiny, Beck starts westward, crossing the border into America and back, all while the Great Depression rages on. What will it take for Beck to understand the agonies of his childhood and realize that love is possible?