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Gr 5-9 Blue is scrawny and nice. He is harassed by a big, dumb, smoking boy named Hopper. Blue's father died suddenly when he was younger. To cope, he wrote a comic book about a feral boy who gets to express his anger and loneliness through violent revenge, something Blue can't or won't do. Then parts of the story merge with real life. The characte...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"He had no famly and he had no pals and he didn't know where he come from and he culdn't talk." The savage is a product of Blue Baker's imagination—or so he thinks. His father has died, and Blue has turned to writing a peculiar story about a savage kid, but the line between fantasy and reality blurs—as it so often does in Almon...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

After his father's death, Blue Baker writes a story about a savage kid. The line between fantasy and reality blurs when the sav...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

A thoroughly original supernatural thriller, The Savage addresses the relationship among grief, art, and violence in a visceral yet accessible way. Just as the savage will escape Blue’s control, Blue’s writing also seems involuntary. “Once I started writing the story,” he says, “it was like I couldn’t stop . . .” The use of phonetic spelling in his journal further emphasizes the impression t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More