The One-in-a-Million Boy
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We are reading The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood discussing in October.
“The One-in-a-Million Boy revolves around a friendship between a 104-year-old Lithuanian immigrant woman and an 11-year-old Boy Scout obsessed with Guinness world records. For seven Saturdays, the boy has arrived promptly to do Ona Vitkus’s yard chores, record her life story for a fifth-grade school project, and talk her into gunning for the record of Oldest Licensed Driver. On the eighth Saturday, the boy’s feckless father arrives in his place, setting into motion a story of loss, redemption, and the astonishing connections that happen between people in the least likely circumstances.”
WINNER: 2017 Nautilus Award (Gold) for fiction
WINNER: New England Society in the City of New York Book Award for fiction
FINALIST: Book of the Year, The World magazine
A “FAVORITE OF THE YEAR” from Bookreporter: “…a feat of staggering wonder.”