33 Snowfish
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| Author | Adam Rapp |
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| Cover artist | Timothy Basil Ering |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Young Adult Novel |
| Publisher | Candlewick Press |
| Released | March 1, 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 192 pp (first edition, hardback)179 pp (Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-7636-1874-8 (first edition, hardback)ISBN 0-7636-2917-0 (Paperback) |
33 Snowfish is a 2003 novel by Adam Rapp, written for young adults.
33 Snowfish is the story of a young orphan boy called Custis, probably aged between 11 and 13.
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[edit] Plot introduction
Custis has been sexually abused over a period of time by Bob Motley, a vicious child abuser who used to "own" him. Motley picked him up at a mall, bought the boy a new pair of trainers and took him home. Motley made him participate in pornographic movies, sometimes with other girls and boys as young as 7. Custis steals a small pistol and he runs away when he overhears Motley and his friend Sidekick discuss Custis starring in a snuff movie.
Custis is on the road with Boobie, a 17-year-old who killed his parents; Curl, Boobie's 15-year-old girlfriend, who is a drug addicted prostitute; and Boobie's baby brother.
The characters each have their problems. Boobie is a pyromaniac. Custis carries a loaded gun and is a racist, Boobie's brother is regarded as a likely source of income if he can be sold.
[edit] Redemption
Seldom, an elderly black man, helps Custis take his first tentative steps toward a normal child/adult relationship. When Custis, now nicknamed Jimster and the baby have been with Seldom some time, Custis climbs onto Seldom's bed, takes his pants off and turns his back on Seldom "I just stayed there all doggy-style and naked with my ass in the air". Seldom, however, is a genuine friend and, having spotted that Custis has venereal disease, acquires penicillin for the boy. Custis then starts washing and gradually returns to normal. He runs away with the baby, but returns to Seldom.
[edit] Release details
- 2003, USA, Candlewick Press (ISBN 0-7636-1874-8), Pub date ? March 2003, hardback (First edition)
- 2006, USA, Candlewick Press (ISBN 0-7636-2917-0), Pub date ? March 2006, paperback
