The Book Report, May 1st, 2002
Frank, E.R. America 2002. 242pp. $18 lb. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. 0-689-84729-7. Grade 10 & Up America, an unidentifiable mixed-race teenage boy, has been lost in the system many times. Abandoned by his mother twice, America starts to act up because he wants an adult to notice and take him back to his foster mother, Mrs. Harper. But returning to Mrs. Harper leads him to be saved and lost once again when Browning, a man who helps America become a man, abuses the nine-year-old. As a teen, America resides in a treatment center after his suicide attempt. In the end, America he is a...
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