Monkey Island
by Fox, PaulaEdition: Revised
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 1993-04-01
Publisher(s): Yearling
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Summary
Eleven-year-old Clay Garrity is on his own. His father lost his job and left the family. Now Clay's mother is gone from their welfare hotel. Clay is homeless and out on the streets of New York. In the park he meets two homeless men. Buddy and Calvin become Clay's new family during those harsh winter weeks. But the streets are filled with danger and despair. If Clay leaves the streets he may never find his parents again. But if he stays on the streets he may not survive at all.
Author Biography
PAULA FOX has written many distinguished books for children, including The Slave Dancer, winner of the Newbery Medal, and One-Eyed Cat, a Newbery Honor Book. She has also written Lily and the Lost Boy and The Village by the Sea. All of these books are available in Yearling editions. Paula Fox lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Table of Contents
| The Hotel | p. 1 |
| Outside | p. 22 |
| Calvin and Buddy | p. 30 |
| Escaping Notice | p. 44 |
| The Coffee Van | p. 58 |
| Monkey Island | p. 69 |
| Out Cold | p. 81 |
| Oxygen | p. 94 |
| The Biddles | p. 114 |
| Searching, Finding | p. 140 |
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