Stick Identity author of The Bone Shard

author of The Bone Shard Daughter

Richard Blanco's childhood and adolescence were experienced between two imaginary worlds: his parents' nostalgic world of 1950s Cuba and his imagined America

repairing and chartering boats

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Stick Identity author of The Bone ShardFourteen year old Stark McClellan (nicknamed Stick because he's tall and thin) is bullied for being deformed he was born with only one ear. His older brother Bosten is always there to defend Stick. But the boys can't defend one another from their abusive parents. When Stick realizes Bosten is gay, he knows that to survive his father's anger, Bosten must leave home. Stick has to find his brother, or he will never feel whole again. In his search, he