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Hey, does anyone remember this?? I'm also going to post to whatwasthatbook
I'm looking for the title of a (probably) YA novel about a boy who's sort of saved from abusive conditions by a sixth grade teacher (might have been high school, but I remember him being a little younger).
I just had a dream about this, so the details are a liiittle vague, and it might not be a real book, but if it is I must have read it around sixth grade myself.
In the story, I think he had a younger brother too, one who may not have wanted to leave his abusive family. I think the father was a violent alcholic, and he may have died somewhere during the story. The mother was manipulative and needy.
So this kid is really smart and I can't remember how he meets his teacher (because these kids were being "home-schooled" except not really, they were just living in a shack in the woods) but the teacher somehow convinces him to come to school, and eventually the kid moves in with the teacher and his wife. I think it took place somewhere in New England.
He's pretty rough around the edges and doesn't get along with this new classmates, gets into a lot of fights, but really enjoys working in the school garden which sort of calms him down and lets him focus on learning and integrating into society.
So thanks if you recognize it! Sorry if it's very vague, as I said this was from a dream, and I just woke up. If it's a real book I want to go back and read it, and if it's not then maybe I should write it myself.
(If it IS a real book, the actual dream was about his 15 year class reunion!)
I'm looking for the title of a (probably) YA novel about a boy who's sort of saved from abusive conditions by a sixth grade teacher (might have been high school, but I remember him being a little younger).
I just had a dream about this, so the details are a liiittle vague, and it might not be a real book, but if it is I must have read it around sixth grade myself.
In the story, I think he had a younger brother too, one who may not have wanted to leave his abusive family. I think the father was a violent alcholic, and he may have died somewhere during the story. The mother was manipulative and needy.
So this kid is really smart and I can't remember how he meets his teacher (because these kids were being "home-schooled" except not really, they were just living in a shack in the woods) but the teacher somehow convinces him to come to school, and eventually the kid moves in with the teacher and his wife. I think it took place somewhere in New England.
He's pretty rough around the edges and doesn't get along with this new classmates, gets into a lot of fights, but really enjoys working in the school garden which sort of calms him down and lets him focus on learning and integrating into society.
So thanks if you recognize it! Sorry if it's very vague, as I said this was from a dream, and I just woke up. If it's a real book I want to go back and read it, and if it's not then maybe I should write it myself.
(If it IS a real book, the actual dream was about his 15 year class reunion!)