Copyboy
Copyboy
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Annotation: Newspaper copyboy Victor Vollmer sets out from Memphis to spread the ashes of Mr. Spiro, his friend and mentor, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, and with the help of new friend Philomene he may meet the challenge.
 
Reviews: 5
Catalog Number: #165574
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Capstone Editions
Copyright Date: 2019
Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 08/01/18
Pages: 233 pages
ISBN: 1-630-79105-9
ISBN 13: 978-1-630-79105-6
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2018001840
Dimensions: 22 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
Starred Review for Kirkus Reviews

Victor, the likable protagonist of the Newbery Honor book Paperboy (2013), has grown up a lot since first learning critical life lessons from ever-so-wise Mr. Spiro.Now Mr. Spiro is gone, but he's left 17-year-old Victor with one last enlightening mission: to scatter his ashes at the very mouth of the Mississippi River. That undertaking will involve a lengthy road trip (against Victor's parents' wishes) from Tennessee to the furthest reaches of Louisiana, a lot of self-determination, and a fair degree of hazard. The mouth of the Mississippi is a nebulous place, located far out in the river's delta. A relationship with Philomene, an attractive, young Cajun woman who has dark eyes and a tan that "was not the swimming pool kind that disappeared a week after school started," provides inexperienced, introverted Victor with much more than his first kiss as he picks up life lessons on a richly evoked, life-changing quest. Just as in his first outing, Victor's first-person voice—enhanced by the teen's love of language—is brilliantly authentic and heartfelt, especially with his ever challenging stutter. As he and Phil manage their encounter with both a nasty drug dealer and a menacing hurricane, Victor finally gains a full understanding of all that Mr. Spiro gave him. Even the dead man comes fully to life, joining a remarkable cast of meticulously nuanced characters. Victor is assumed white.A lyrical and immersive journey. (Fiction. 12-18)

Horn Book (Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)

Now seventeen, Victor Vollmer (from Paperboy) works as a newspaper copyboy. After the death of his former mentor, Mr. Spiro, Victor embarks on a journey to scatter his ashes at the mouth of the Mississippi. What begins as a personal quest to find the courage to speak up abruptly changes in tone and theme as Victor faces dangerous drug smugglers and a powerful hurricane.

Kirkus Reviews (Fri Oct 04 00:00:00 CDT 2024)

Victor, the likable protagonist of the Newbery Honor book Paperboy (2013), has grown up a lot since first learning critical life lessons from ever-so-wise Mr. Spiro.Now Mr. Spiro is gone, but he's left 17-year-old Victor with one last enlightening mission: to scatter his ashes at the very mouth of the Mississippi River. That undertaking will involve a lengthy road trip (against Victor's parents' wishes) from Tennessee to the furthest reaches of Louisiana, a lot of self-determination, and a fair degree of hazard. The mouth of the Mississippi is a nebulous place, located far out in the river's delta. A relationship with Philomene, an attractive, young Cajun woman who has dark eyes and a tan that "was not the swimming pool kind that disappeared a week after school started," provides inexperienced, introverted Victor with much more than his first kiss as he picks up life lessons on a richly evoked, life-changing quest. Just as in his first outing, Victor's first-person voice—enhanced by the teen's love of language—is brilliantly authentic and heartfelt, especially with his ever challenging stutter. As he and Phil manage their encounter with both a nasty drug dealer and a menacing hurricane, Victor finally gains a full understanding of all that Mr. Spiro gave him. Even the dead man comes fully to life, joining a remarkable cast of meticulously nuanced characters. Victor is assumed white.A lyrical and immersive journey. (Fiction. 12-18)

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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Horn Book (Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)
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Wilson's Junior High Catalog
Word Count: 62,042
Reading Level: 5.7
Interest Level: 9-12
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.7 / points: 10.0 / quiz: 197247 / grade: Upper Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:5.6 / points:16.0 / quiz:Q74986
Lexile: 860L

The sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning novel Paperboy and a Fall 2018 Junior Library Guild selection. Victor Vollmer isn't a paperboy anymore. He's a copyboy now, but his duties at the newspaper get interrupted by a last request from Mr. Spiro, the old man who became Victor's mentor and helped him take on his stutter in the beloved novel Paperboy, a Newbery Honor Book.  Victor takes off on a journey that sends him hundreds of miles from home toward the teeth of a gathering storm. Confronted by an unfamiliar and threatening world, he meets a girl who is strong, smart, and bold like no one he's known before, and together they venture to the place where river meets sea. When they wind up racing to evade a hurricane, Victor finds out what the fates have in store for him.


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