No longer able to tolerate living with his alcoholic mother and her abusive boyfriend, high schooler Benji, nicknamed Dogboy, has moved in with his emotionally distant father, stepmother, and stepsister, and strives to be invisible at home and at school until a series of events forces him to express himself.
year: 2006, 2008
call number/section: 1000
subjects: emotional problems, fiction, self-esteem, family problems, interpersonal relations, high schools, teenagers, friendship, suburban life, bildungsromans, portland (or.), fiction
Editions
James, Brian
PUSH Books (2006)
No longer able to tolerate living with his alcoholic mother and her abusive boyfriend, high schooler Benji, nicknamed Dogboy, has moved in with his emotionally distant father, stepmother, and stepsister, and strives to be invisible at home and at school until a series of events forces him to express himself.
Schools: 1
James, Brian
Push (2008)
After his mother's boyfriend crosses the line, Benji flees his home, leaving behind everything he has known to live with his father in Portland, where he realizes he cannot run from his problems and must face them like a man.
Schools: 1