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The Agony of Bun O'Keefe written by Heather T. Smith Penguin Teen Canada, 2017 978-0-14-319865-9 (hc) $21.99 978-0-14-319866-6 (eBook ) $11.99 for Grades 7 and up
Fiction I Child Abuse ļ Racism ļ Hoarding ļ Chosen Family ļ Runaway ļ Survival ļ Newfoundland
The Agony of Bun O'Keefe is a survival story set in Newfoundland in 1986. Bernice (Bun) is a malnourished, mentally under-developed girl who lives with her abusive mother. Bun has never attended school but learns about the world through magazines and television. She copes with...