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Henry's leg
By Pilling, Ann & Clifford, Rowan
- ISBN
- 978-0-67080-720-8
- Publisher
- Harmondsworth, Middlesex ; Viking Kestrel, 1985.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 1988
Gr 4-7 Henry Hooper, 13, collects junk as a way to avoid confronting the pain he feels after his father leaves home for another woman. But when he picks up the leg of a discarded manni kin, he suddenly realizes that he is at tracting attention from a gang of street thugs who had previously ignored him. Henry's mother decides to take on a boarder, Noreen, who becomes Hen ry's confidante. Henry gives t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
