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Paper Boy is a Young Adult Novel by author Vince Vawters. Paper boy was a Newbery Medal Honor Book

Plot
“Paperboy” is set in Memphis,*******************

Paper boy is a young adult novel that takes place in 1959.The focal point of the novel is a young boy who stutters called ‘Little man’ who takes over his bestfriend's Rat paper route while he is away visiting his grandparents. Throughout the story as he fulfills his obligation of the paper route he then goes on to meet Rat’s customers who all have a different encounters with the eleven year old boy. The paper route poses challenges an introduces little man to the different obstacles people go through every day, but a run-in with the neighborhood junkman Art T, a bully and thief who little man was warned to stay away from by his housekeeper Mam, that stirs up trouble for the young boy --and puts the boy's life, as well as his family's devoted housekeeper, in danger.'

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 * Victor believes that his month as a paperboy has changed him. He begins to ponder what it means to have a soul. He thinks about his talks with Mr. Spiro, who has left town for several months. He sees Mrs. Worthington walking hand in hand with her husband and hopes she's happy. He befriends a boy on the route who he's learned is deaf, and he's finally able to tell his mother that the food she thinks is his favorite, isn't.

Though he's recently discovered that Dad isn't his birth father, he embraces and strives to deepen their already-loving relationship. He's even able to speak several full sentences in front of his class, finally verbalizing his own name for the first time. Victor tells Mam he's learned that what he says is more important than how he says it and that his soul doesn't stutter.******

Characters
Victor "Little Man" Vollmer- Age 11. who is the main character of the young adult novel. Mam Art "Rat" Art T - A Junk Man

Awards

 * A Newbery Honor  Award Winner


 * An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book


 * An IRA Children’s and Young Adults’ Choice


 * An IRA Teachers’ Choice


 * A Junior Library Guild Selection


 * A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year


 * A National Parenting Publications Award Honor Book


 * A BookPage Best Children’s Book


 * An ABC New Voices Pick


 * An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Recording


 * An ALA-YALSA Amazing Audiobook


 * Amazon Best Books of the Year 2013: Ages 9-12