Beck

Both harrowing and life-affirming, the final novel from Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet is the sweeping coming-of-age adventure of a mixed race boy transported to North America.

Born from a street liason between a poor young woman and an African soldier in the 1900s, Beck is soon orphaned and sent to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. Shipped to work on a farm, his escape takes him across the continent in a search for belonging. Enduring abuse and many hardships, Beck has times of comfort and encouragement, eventually finding Grace, the woman with whom he can finally forge his life and shape his destiny as a young man. A picaresque novel set during the Depression as experienced by a young black man, it depicts great pain but has an uplifting and inspiring conclusion.

Atat ingrozitor, cat si afirmativ, ultimul roman al autorului castigator al Medaliei Carnegie, Mal Peet, este aventura cuprinzatoare a varstei de varsta a unui baiat de rasa mixta transportat in America de Nord. soldat in anii 1900, Beck este curand orfan si trimis la fratii catolici din Canada.