6.4 /10 1 Votes
Language English Pages 197 pp LC Class PZ7.S3527 Fi 2005 Publisher Henry Holt and Company OCLC 57243339 | 3.2/5 Goodreads Publication date 2005 ISBN 978-0-8050-7859-6 Originally published 2005 Genre Children's literature Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Similar Anson's Way, What Came from the Stars, Mara's Stories, The Wonders of Donal O, William Bradford: Plymouth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Boy is a children's novel published in 2005 by Gary Schmidt. It was a Mark Twain Award nominee for the 2007–2008 year.
Contents
Plot summary
Dragged into the political turmoil of a presidential election year, fourteen-year-old Cooper Jewett, who has run a New Hampshire dairy farm since his grandfather's death, stands up for himself and makes it clear whose first boy he really is. Cooper never knew his parents and his birth certificate is blacked out. Who is Cooper Jewett really? Nobody Knows.
Characters
Cooper Jewett Mrs. Perley Mr. Searle Senator Wickham Mrs. President
References
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