Monkey Island

Monkey Island

Eleven-year-old Clay must find a home on the streets of New York City in this award-winning, heartbreakingly honest novel.
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He was eleven years old, and he had never felt so alone in his life.
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Clay Garrity lived a normal life until his father lost his job and abandoned the family. Now his pregnant mother has deserted him too, leaving Clay alone in a welfare hotel with a jar of peanut butter and half a loaf of bread. Fearing being placed in foster care, Clay runs away.
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Alone in the city, Clay wanders down streets with boarded-up buildings and through dark alleys, until he comes to a small triangular park that looks like an island in a stream. In the light of a street lamp, he sees cardboard boxes, blankets, bundlesâ€”and people. Some are lying on benches, others inside boxes. Two of the men, Calvin and Buddy, offer to share their shelter, and Clay is grateful to have a place to stay during the bitter November cold. Before long, Calvin, Buddy, and Clay form a family amid the threatening dangers and despair of the streets.
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Clay knows that leaving the streets and going into foster care means that he may never see his parents again. But if he stays, he may not survive at all.
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An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, this acclaimed novel offers an intensely moving and candid look at the all-too-real lives of homeless teens.
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Country USA
Manufacturer Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-06-28
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-06-28
Format	Kindle eBook

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