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My Father's Scar
By Cart, Michael
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68980-749-7
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1996.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1996
Gr 8-Up College freshman Andy is smart and fit, but he's a loner haunted by memories of an awkward adolescence in a small town in the 60s. In chapter-length flashbacks, readers learn that Andy's father, a drunken former football hero (his scar is a result of his aggressive playing style), hated his chubby son's love of reading. "What the hell's wrong with him?" he would say. But reclusive Uncle Charles, a poet and scho...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
