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Woodworth, Chris

When Ratboy Lived Next Door

185 pp. | Farrar | March, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-374-34677-1 $16.00
(3) 4-6 When a strange new boy moves in next door, Lydia scornfully dubs him Ratboy because of his pet raccoon, but their relationship deepens as the secrets of their troubled families are slowly revealed. Set in small-town Indiana in 1962, this first novel is a heartfelt portrait of families destroyed by alcoholism and restored by kindness.
Reviewer: Gay Pampalone

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