Mister Boots Paperback - 2007
by Carol Emshwiller
Bobby Lassiter has some important secrets but it's not as ifanyone's paying attention. It's the middle of the Depression, andwhile Bobby's mother and older sister knit all day to make money,Bobby explores the California desert around their home. That'show Bobby finds Boots. He's under their one half-dead tree, halfdeadhimself. Right away he's a secret, too a secret to be fedand clothed and taken care of, and even more of a secret becauseof what he can do. Sometimes Boots is a man. Sometimes he's(really, truly) a horse. He and Bobby both know something aboutmagic and those who read this book will, too.
Summary
A wonderful story about a man who is a horse, and a boy who is a girlabout fake magic and real loveabout deaths that are part of living and the pain that pays for joy. I love it.”Ursula K. Le Guin
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- Title Mister Boots
- Author Carol Emshwiller
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Edition
- Pages 185
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Puffin Books
- Date March 1, 2007
- ISBN 9780142407707 / 0142407704
- Weight 0.28 lbs (0.13 kg)
- Dimensions 7.06 x 4.3 x 0.52 in (17.93 x 10.92 x 1.32 cm)
- Ages 12 to 15 years
- Grade levels 7 - 10
- Library of Congress subjects Magic, Fathers
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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