Vlautin, Willy.

Lean on Pete : a novel / Willy Vlautin. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Harper Perennial, c2010. - 277 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Booklist starred, April 2010 Publisher's Weekly, February 2010

Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson moves with his father from Spokane, Washington, to Portland, Oregon, and when his father is killed in a mishap involving a married secretary, Charlie finds himself seeking refuge at a horse track, where he befriends a racehorse and embarks on a dangerous trek to find his aunt in Wyoming.

Adult Follett Library Resources

9780061456534 (pbk.) 0061456535

2009020460


Teenage boys--Fiction.
Race horses--Fiction.
Teenagers--Fiction.
Boys--Fiction.
Race horses--Fiction.


Oregon--Fiction.
Oregon--Fiction.

PS3622.L38 / L43 2010

813/.6 [Fic]