R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 1/30/2013 + 1458 more book reviews

What an enjoyable read! The narrator is a nearly sixteen-year-old named Lucas Swain, the oldest son of Pete Swain, who has been missing since Lucas was eleven. To Lucas, his missing father is a hero. He dresses in his clothes and looks much like him. As the story unfolds, he discovers an urn with the ashes of one Violet Park, pianist, who knew her father. It is Violet who helps him discover what happened to Pete Swain who abandoned his family years ago. The boy discovers that he really never knew his father, a man who so blithely left his wife and three children for parts unknown. This is truly a tale of a boy growing into a man.

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