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Levine, Kristin

The Paper Cowboy

352 pp. | Putnam | September, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-16328-9 $16.99
(2) 4-6 Twelve-year-old Tommy wants to be a cowboy. That's not so easy, though, in 1950s Downers Grove, Illinois. After he plays a prank that ends up costing the local grocery store owner his business, a remorseful Tommy goes about becoming a different kind of cowboy--one "who stands up for others." Themes of bullying, community, and growing up in a dysfunctional family are explored sensitively.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2015

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