Carver

by Ruth Yaffe Radin, Karl Swanson (Illustrator)

Blind and fatherless since the age of two, ten-year-old Jon struggles to fit in at his new public school and hide his growing interest in wood carving from his mom who still mourns the death of Jon's father who hoped to become a professional wood carver.

73 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Jael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book years and years ago a few times over and still remember a lot of it even though it's as long as a minute.

It's the perfect book for a boy if he's going through something similar to that of Jon, the main character.