Paper Boy

by David Huddle

A collection of poems treats the childhood experiences and coming of age of a small town newsboy

Genres: Poetry

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

David Huddle (Born 11 July 1942) is an American multi-genre writer. His poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in Esquire, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Story, The Autumn House Anthology of Poetry, and The Best American Short Stories. His work has also been included in anthologies of writing about the Vietnam War.

Reviews

[Gavin · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the book there is this kid who has a stutter. He gives out news papers. Then he finds out that something is wrong with this house he always delivers too. He soon finds out what is up with the house. He gets an interesting surprise.

I believe that the little boy made some good and bad decisions. He certainly did effect the story a lot. When he tried to investigate that made a very bad turn out because the people in the house were very much aware that he was for sure investigating on them. It made the mystery effect on who was in the house and what is up with the actual house. There was a big tension on how we found out who is the character.

I believe that the book was very good. I really related to it because I have a stutter myself and that is part of the reason I read it. It was very mysterious and that I very much enjoyed. I loved how easy it was to understand. It was very medium paced. I liked how it wasn’t so fast or so slow.

[Kylee Lockridge · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an okay book explaining the boys life, but I think that it is very stereotypical. Its sterotypical because its a boy, who delivers paper. I feel like its always a boy his age delivering paper.

[Valeri Drach · Rating 5 out of 5]

An early book of poems from author, David Huddle. A Bildungsroman of his life with all the right details to make this a very moving collection of poems. It helps to have a lot of characters living in your home town. A country boy for sure!

[Matt Morris]

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[Bonnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fine collection of poetry that has been waiting on our shelf for a very long time. I look forward to reading more of David Huddle's work.

[Patrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was good but I could tell what was going to happen next