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Fourteen-year-old Harold Kline is an albino--white from head to toe, even his hair and his eyes that are like drops of water. His life is made unbearable by the other kids, who call him "snow" or "maggot," and ever since his father died and his brother was reported missing in Vietnam, his mother has become angry and withdrawn. And so Harold runs away, although it is a wrench to leave Honey, the elderly dog who has been his only comfort. And where would an albino kid on the run end up? In the circus, of course--in this case a down-at-the-heels road show where he is sheltered by a kindly lady midget and her huge man-beast companion and given hugs and unquestioning acceptance by the other "freaks." There he falls in love with the beautiful but duplicitous trick horseback rider and gains self-respect and the admiration of the other circus folks when he accomplishes the seemingly impossible feat of teaching the elephants to play baseball. But Gypsy Magda forecasts a "great harm" lurking in the future, and it has something to do with Harold's rejection of the "freaks" who have sheltered him as one of their own.

In this strange, moving novel, the author of sea adventures The Wreckers and The Smugglers has built a compelling metaphor for the universal teenage fear of being declared an outsider. With great emotional veracity, Iain Lawrence plays many intriguing variations on the theme of alienation in a work full of fascinating characters, marvelous scenes, and tragic surprises. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell

 
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April 2009 : Library Binding
Title: Ghost Boy
Author(s): Iain Lawrence
ISBN: 1-4395-7026-4 / 978-1-4395-7026-5
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March 2002 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0756911036Title: Ghost Boy (Readers Circle (Prebound))
Author(s): Iain Lawrence
ISBN: 0-7569-1103-6 / 978-0-7569-1103-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: Perfection Learning
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March 2002 : Library Binding
Cover of ISBN: 0613582160Title: Ghost Boy
Author(s): I. Lawrence, Iain Lawrence
ISBN: 0-613-58216-0 / 978-0-613-58216-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval
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March 2001 : Hardback
Title: Ghost Boy (Thorndike Young Adult)
Author(s): Iain Lawrence
ISBN: 0-7862-3243-9 / 978-0-7862-3243-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Thorndike Press
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October 2000 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0385327390Title: Ghost Boy
Author(s): Iain Lawrence
ISBN: 0-385-32739-0 / 978-0-385-32739-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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Paperback Editions

March 2002 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001E3G164Title: Ghost Boy
Author(s): Iain Lawrence
Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
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March 2002 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 044041668XTitle: Ghost Boy
Author(s): Iain Lawrence
ISBN: 0-440-41668-X / 978-0-440-41668-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
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2000 : Paperback
Title: Ghost Boy
Author(s): Iain Lawrence
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March 2001 : Audio Cassette
Title: Ghost Boy
Author(s): Iain Lawrence
ISBN: 0-7887-9374-8 / 978-0-7887-9374-5 (USA edition)
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2001 : Audio Cassette
Title: Ghost Boy
Author(s): Iain Lawrence
ISBN: 0-7887-9406-X / 978-0-7887-9406-3 (USA edition)
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September 2002 : Turtleback
Title: Ghost Boy
Author(s): Iain Lawrence
ISBN: 0-606-24119-1 / 978-0-606-24119-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: Demco Media
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May 2002 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B000FC1I8QTitle: Ghost Boy
Author(s): Iain Lawrence
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
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March 2002 : Unbound
Cover of ISBN: 0375890068Title: Ghost Boy
Author(s): Iain Lawrence
ISBN: 0-375-89006-8 / 978-0-375-89006-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
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