“Lean on Pete” by Willy Vlautin
Published by Harper Perennial
Finished 9/10/16 – 3.5/5 stars
I came across this book because an author I enjoy reading
and follow on Goodreads had read it for his book club and really enjoyed it. Prior to that, I had never heard of it
before. That is how I find out about a
lot of great books though – reviews by others on Goodreads. Anyone can find out about books on the best
seller list but reviews and recommendations by others introduce me to many more
wonderful books, new and old.
This novel is about a 15 year old who is pretty much on his
own – he doesn’t know his mother and his father is never around. Throw in the fact that his father moves him
around fairly often and therefore doesn’t have friends to lean on, he is truly
raising himself. He finds friendship at
a local race track in an aging horse named Lean on Pete. After a tragic event leaves him completely
alone, he starts a journey to find the only other relative he knows – his aunt
that he hopes still lives in Wyoming because that is where he is heading. At times the journey seems a little
repetitive in what he encounters, but overall a very good story.
Although this is a coming of age story and some consider it
YA, I don’t think some of the content is suited for tweens or younger teens. I consider this more for the older YA crowd.
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