Boy21 Audiobook

Quotes

• “Beautiful…A first-rate work of art.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “Quick is a master of capturing the rawness of adolescence and the bleakness that comes from being trapped in the wrong world, whether it’s Finley’s bad neighborhood or, in the case of Boy21, Earth.”

  — Boston Globe

• “Satisfying but never simple…A story that, like [its narrator] Finley, expresses a lot in relatively few words.”

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• “[Quick’s] emotionally raw tale retains a delicate sense of hope and optimism, making it a real gut punch of a read.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Heartbreaking, but the hopeful ending pays off. An unusual and touching story.”

  — Booklist

• “Every aspect of this multilayered novel harmonizes.”

  — Horn Book

• * "The answers here are satisfying but never simple...A story that, like Finley, expresses a lot in relatively few words.

  — Kirkus, starred review

• Beautiful...It is this depth that makes "Boy21" more than a first-rate novel fueled by basketball; it's a first-rate work of art.

  — The New York Time Book Review

• His emotionally raw tale retains a delicate sense of hope and optimism, making it a real gut punch of a read.

  — Publishers Weekly