As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
(2)
YA
Martin J. Miller, sixteen, and his mom lived happily in Winnemucca, Nevada, until she met Mr. Joe Wonderful, who relocated them to Seattle. While Mom and Mr. Joe are on their honeymoon, Marty's new stepbrother tells him to get lost. So the Walt Whitman-spouting maverick does. Docile and dorky, Marty is immensely appealing. His witty voice lends credibility to his venture in this brief novel of home lost, home regained.
Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2002