Martin O’Boy finally has a home and a job–at the Pure Spring soft drink factory–but not everything is perfect, as sometimes Grandpa Rip’s mind wanders, he gets involved with a crooked coworker, and his memories of the past overwhelm him.

• ISBN: 9780888997746
• Author: Doyle, Brian
• Published: 2007, Groundwood Books
• Themes: boy, Coming of age, Interpersonal relations
• Descriptors: Canada, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
• No. of pages: 174