The Simple Gift
- Authors
- Herrick, Steven
- Publisher
- Simon Pulse
- Tags
- young adult , poetry , romance
- Date
- 2000-01-04T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.87 MB
- Lang
- en
**I'm not proud.
I'm sixteen, and soon
to be homeless.**
Weary of his life with his alcoholic, abusive father, sixteen-year-old Billy packs a few belongings and hits the road, hoping for something better than what he left behind. He finds a home in an abandoned freight train outside a small town, where he falls in love with rich, restless Caitlin and befriends a fellow train resident, "Old Bill," who slowly reveals a tragic past. When Billy is given a gift that changes everything, he learns not only to how forge his own path in life, but the real meaning of family.