Boy O'Boy

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.

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

Places: Canada,  Ontario,  Ottawa (Ont.)

Times: 1918-1945