Publisher: DX Varos Publishing (July 26, 2022)
Category: Young Adult, Coming of Age
Tour Dates October 3-27, 2022
ISBN: 978-1955065528
Available in Print and ebook, 280 pages
Description Osprey Man by Christopher Tuthill
Jacob is at that most magical time between childhood and adolescence. As the end of the school year approaches, he is dreaming of baseball and the beach, but most of all, about working on the comic book he and his best friend Jonathan have created, The Osprey Man. Then tragedy strikes and Jacob has to find an inner strength he is not sure he has.
Review Osprey Man by Christopher Tuthill
Review by Suzie M.
A young boy experiences a startling loss in this YA
coming-of-age story by author Christopher Tuthill. Jacob is just finishing
fourth grade when his best friend, Jon is unexpectedly killed in a bicycle
accident.
Confused and grieving, Jacob struggles to find his
footing and understand the depth of the loss that both he and the town around
him are dealing with. Jacob suddenly finds that all eyes are on him at school,
as everyone knows that he and Jon were best friends.
An older boy named Chaz Mancuso approaches him and
confesses that he lost his own cousin last year and that he will stand up for
Jacob if anyone bullies him. Chaz's father owns the local pizza place and he
even gets Jacob a job there, asking if he can do some sweeping up and small
chores for money.
Unfortunately, between going out on a date with a girl
that he has a crush on and working on the comic book that he and Jon had been
writing, Jacob begins to get so busy that he loses track of his days.
The comic is called Osprey Man, and it is incredibly
important to Jacob to finish it, as it was the last thing that he and Jon
worked on together before the other boy's death. But now that Jon is gone,
Jacob has to recruit another friend to help him finish.
The friend, Kris is skeptical at first, but eventually
agrees to help and the two boys begin working in earnest on the comic with the
intention of selling copies of it at their local shop.
This is a stupendous novel and one that I could read again and again. I really felt for Jacob as a character, and I felt like I was living through his grief with him. Five stars to this wonderful author!
About Christopher Tuthill
Christopher Tuthill’s short fiction has appeared in The Mythic Circle, Dark Tales from Elder Regions, and Tales of Reverie. A native of Riverhead, on Long Island, and a graduate of Catholic schools, Chris grew up around many of the places and people that inspire his writing.He lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with his wife and children. He works as a librarian, and his hobbies include board games, baseball, hiking, camping, and telling stories to his three children. Among his other interests, he is co-founder of the New York Tolkien Conference.
Website: https://christuthill.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisJTuthill
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrisjtuthill
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cjtuthill/
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I am so glad you enjoyed 'The Osprey Man' Suzie! I don't read a lot of YA books but I am so glad I read this one! Jacob will be on my mind for a long time to come!
ReplyDeleteSuzie, thank you so much for this review, I'm happy to hear you enjoyed the book! And thanks Teddy, I'm glad to know Jacob made a good impression!
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