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Mazer, Harry

The Wild Kid

103 pp. | Simon | September, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-689-80751-1 $$16.00
(1) 4-6 When Sammy, a twelve-year-old boy with Down syndrome, becomes lost in the woods, he stumbles upon a delinquent teenage runaway. Afraid of being sent back to reform school, Kevin decides to keep Sammy captive. Convincingly told from Sammy's guileless point of view, the spare and simple narrative is at turns harrowing and touching. Short, suspenseful chapters move the action along; intriguing characterization lends depth to the drama.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 1998

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