Boy on the Edge by Fridrik Erlings

Boy on the Edge by Fridrik Erlings

Can a boy on the edge find his way back? From award-winning Icelandic author Fridrik Erlings comes a novel as cruel as it is tender.

Henry has a clubfoot and he is the target of relentless bullying. One day, in a violent fit of anger, Henry lashes out at the only family he has -- his mother. Sent to live with other troubled boys at the Home of Lesser Brethren, an isolated farm perched in the craggy lava fields along the unforgiving Icelandic coast, Henry finds a precarious contentment among the cows. But it is the people, including the manic preacher who runs the home, who fuel Henry's frustration and sometimes rage as he yearns for a life and a home. Author Fridrik Erlings offers a young adult novel that explores cruelty and desperation, tenderness and remorse, but most importantly, kindness and friendship.

Erlings, Fridrik: - Fridrik Erlings is a novelist, screenwriter, graphic designer, and musician. In 1986 he founded the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes with Bjü¾¦˜¼rk before leaving music to pursue his writing. He has written and translated lyrics as well as ?lm and television scripts and is the author of the Icelandic classic Benjamin Dove. He says that Fish in the Sky is about the extreme pains and joys of being a teenager, the curious period in our lives that we all experience in more or less the same way, regardless of our culture, country, race, or gender. Perhaps it is the one time in our whole lives when we are in fact the most perfect human beings we'll ever become. The question is: where will we go from there? Fridrik Erlings lives with his wife on a farm in Iceland's wide-open South.

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ISBN 13	9780763666804
ISBN 10	0763666807
Title	Boy on the Edge
Author	Fridrik Erlings
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Candlewick Press (MA)
Year published	2014-02-25
Number of pages	219
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