The Outside Boy / Jeanine Cummins / 360 pages

Christy Hurley is a traveller - an Irish gypsy circa 1959.  He bears the guilt that he killed his mother in childbirth.  When a picture wafts his way from his grandfather's funeral pyre, Christy embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the lady wearing his same St. Christopher medal.  Filled with Irish language, customs, and the spirit of the Irish people, The Outside Boy embodies themes of family, love, honesty, and freedom.