For a long time, fourteen-year-old Joseph has wondered about old Tom Leyton, his reclusive next-door neighbor. Gossip and rumors suggest that something terrible happened to Tom in the past. Then Joseph is asked to draw Tom for a school art project, and that means Joseph has the opportunity to uncover the truth about this man who passes his days tending silkworms and keeping dark secrets. As Joseph learns more and more about Tom’s world, he is forced to confront his own fears.

Related: Australia, Mystery and Thriller, Oceania, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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• ISBN: 9780061455087
• Author: Bauer, Michael Gerard
• Published: 2008, HarperTeen
• Themes: Emotional problems, Secret, War
• Descriptors: Australia, Mystery and Thriller, Oceania, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
• No. of pages: 304