Thirteen-year-old Mann lives in a dangerous world. People in his neighborhood are being shot and killed. After his brother is murdered, his family changes. Mann's father abandons Mann while on a camping trip thinking that it will toughen him and force him to become a man. Mann then struggles to discover the man who he wants to become. (Book Blurb)
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Character focusSmall ensembleLarge ensemble
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Written forMiddle grade
When and where
ThemesComing of ageFamily
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