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16-year-old
Barry Groupe is our main protagonist in this action packed young adult novel.
He has just moved to a new town with his parents as they have just got new jobs
as janitors at a thriving steel mill. Barry and his parents have an unfortunate
life plagued by poverty, where each day is a battle to put food on the table
and quite often they all have to go without.
Shortly after his move Barry soon becomes the object of bullying from
other students who want to humiliate him for being the poor little new boy in
school. Barry hates his name, hates his
new school and most of all hates that he is too meek to do anything about it to
try to make the bullies stop and cannot understand why Evan Victor Edwards, the
most popular and richest guy in school comes to his rescue and tries to
befriend him by inviting him to hang out with his gang. Barry struggles to get his head around the
motive behind Evans friendship and soon suspects there are more sinister
motives as Evan is arrested along with his father for suspected computer
hacking and selling classified information on to another country. In turn Barry feels compromised by the turn
of events and questions his motives for helping Evan. Who is he to prove the Evans innocence? Why
does he even care? But it doesn’t deter him from making his own enquiries all
of which lead to a series of events where Barry must run from the law and put
his own life in jeopardy to expose the shocking truth.
Sean P.
McClure has created a genuine heroine with Barry Groupe. In the opening chapters the reader is
introduced to a very shy and meek boy who tries to make some sense of the cruel
world around him without any faith in God.
As Barry grows spiritually while struggling through many trials and
tribulations, it becomes clear that his faith grows much stronger towards the
end of the story. Many readers will be
able to relate to this young protagonist as many of his struggles and
weaknesses are very similar to their own. I saw parallels in my life and
childhood that I could draw on and relate to easily, it’s almost like you could
feel all that Barry felt. All of which
leads me to conclude that the author is a master worthy of his craft and I
really look forward to reading more of his work and would definitely recommend
this book to all YA fans and Christians.
Disclosure:
I received this book free from the author in exchange for an honest review.
This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
My Ranking: 5 Stars
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