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Gr 10 Up—In the opening scene of this powerful and unsettling novel, Travis is in the process of releasing two caimans—fearsome alligatorlike creatures—into the lake behind his grandparents' home. He claims that he is doing so to provide entertainment for his dying grandmother. Is his motivation this simple, or is his genuine love for his grandmother also a pretext for expressing the rage that seems to lie just beyond the realm of his understanding? No easy answers are provided, and readers are forced to decide for themselves if Trav...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Travis's family is poor; his homeless mother struggles with drug addiction; his grandmother is severely ill; and his best friend ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More