Push Back

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Sixteen-year-old Zaine Wyatt has a lot to be angry about. His mother walked out of his life when he was 12, and he was kicked out of his Aunt Sarah's place by his uncle. After living on the streets and getting badly beaten up, he is back at Aunt Sarah's, but Zaine is still angry, afraid, and uncertain that he has a permanent place to live. When his mother breaks yet another promise to take him back, he flees to an empty art studio he has taken refuge in before. But now it is just a storage shed, and he vents his rage by trashing the place and injures the new owner as he flees. Facing charges and a possible criminal record, Zaine agrees to participate in a restorative-justice program to keep from being kicked out again by his aunt. Zaine works to fix the damage he has caused and helps the owner's disabled grandson Lucas get to and from school, but his attempts to stay on the right side of the law are challenged by a group of teens who want to recruit him into a gang. Can Zaine complete the restorative-justice program and prove himself worthy of a home, whether with his mother or not?

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  Push Back

  • 2018-09-04
  • 184 pages
  • Ebook
  • James Lorimer & Company
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  Push Back

  • 2019-08
  • 184 pages
  • Paperback
  • Lorimer SideStreets
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  Push Back: Sri Lanka's Dance with Global Governance

  • 2016-12-15
  • 191 pages
  • Paperback
  • Zed Books Ltd.
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  Push Back: Guilt in the Age of Natural Parenting

  • 2016-04-05
  • 384 pages
  • Ebook
  • HarperCollins

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