The Simple Gift

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
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**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.