Golden Boys (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763679491)

With masterful nuance and vividly drawn characters, Sonya Hartnett's novel visits a suburban neighborhood where psychological menace lurks below the surface.

Colt Jenson and his younger brother, Bastian, have moved to a new, working-class suburb. The Jensons are different. Their father, Rex, showers them with gifts -- toys, bikes, all that glitters most -- and makes them the envy of the neighborhood. To the local kids, the Jensons are a family out of a movie, and Rex a hero -- successful, attentive, attractive, always there to lend a hand. But to Colt he's an impossible figure: unbearable, suffocating. Has Colt got Rex wrong, or has he seen something in his father that will destroy their fragile new lives? This brilliant and unflinching novel reveals internationally acclaimed author Sonya Hartnett at her most intriguing and psychologically complex.

Author: Sonya Hartnett
ISBN-10: 0763679496
ISBN-13: 9780763679491
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 04/12/2016
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.60w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/11/2016
Booklist 01/01/2016 pg. 76
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2016
School Library Journal 03/01/2016 pg. 154
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2016 - Recommended - Readable
Shelf Awareness 04/15/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2016
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Shelf Awareness 12/13/2016