01683cam a2200301 4500 451128467 TxAuBib 20201123120000.0 200303s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020000858 9780062491251 hardcover 0062491253 hardcover (OCoLC)1136965456 TxAuBib Abbott, Tony. Junk boy / Tony Abbott. First edition. New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020] 352 pages ; 22 cm. Junk. That's what the kids at school call Bobby Lang. Trying desperately to live under the radar at school-- and at the home he shares with his angry, neglectful father-- Bobby develops a sort of proud loneliness. The only buffer between him and the uncaring world is his love of the long, wooded trail between school and home. Then he meets Rachel. She is an artist who sees him in a way no one ever has. Maybe it's because she has her own kind of junk, and a parent who hates what Rachel is: gay. Together the two embark on journeys to clean up the messes that fill their lives, searching against all odds for hope and redemption. -- adapted from Goodreads. Ages 14 up. Katherine Tegen Books. 20201123. Novels in verse Young adult fiction. Dysfunctional families Young adult fiction. Child abuse Young adult fiction. Friendship Young adult fiction. Lesbian teenagers Young adult fiction.