$39 for a year. Joseph High School. In the aftermath of the crime, twelve-year-old Antonio Rebelo explores his neighborhood's dark garages and labyrinthine back alleys along with his rapscallion friends. Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy, save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison where the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship. Click here and be the first to review this book! From now on they are driven into a negative spiral of actions against each other until it ends in tragedy.

"Impressive.. [De Sa] has given us a beguiling coming-of-age story - harked back to an event that shocked the country and had massive repercussions - and at the same time managed to beautifully capture a community and an era." It's one of the best things fiction can do." As the media unravels the truth behind the Shoeshine Boy murder, Antonio sees his immigrant family - and his Portuguese neighborhood - with new eyes, becoming aware of the frightening reality that no one is really taking care of him. In return for a commission, the boys agree to deliver black market goods to a fortune-teller. - Shyam Selvadurai, author of The Hungry Ghosts. Anthony graduated from University of Toronto and Queen's University. In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. "Kicking the Sky bridges its polarized worlds, staying true to the humanity in each.

please send us a message with the mainstream media reviews that you would like to see added. The pair have been saving to buy a horse of their own to ride.

Once the woman has paid, Attilio's gang suddenly arrives, pretending to be cops, to shake the woman down. This is the story about the narrator's meeting with a shoeshine boy, who later becomes his inspiration to work as a shoeshine man. | Genre: Novels

Synopsis - Booklist It was 1977 when a shoeshine boy, Emanuel Jaques, was brutally murdered in Toronto. The fortune-teller identifies Pasqua and Giuse. - Jim Lynch, author of Truth Like the Sun Subscribe to receive some of our best reviews, "beyond the book" articles, book club info, and giveaways by email. Plot Keywords

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While they are in her apartment, the criminal gang enters masqueraded as policemen, who accuse her of black-market transactions while they steal her money. "A coming-of-age story with a vengeance - not just an individual, but an entire community - Kicking the Sky also captures a small but enduring turn of the historical screw." -The Toronto Globe and Mail The information about Kicking the Sky shown above was first featured

At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run.

With a payoff from Attilio, the boys are able to make the final payment and stable their horse in Trastevere over the river.

Reader Reviews. An enthralling epic about two trailblazing female doctors in 19th century New York. The two boys have developed a strong bond of friendship and, together, they collect their savings for a common goal: to buy a horse. Two of the boys, the orphan Pasquale and his younger friend Giuseppe, are riding. The boys meet Attilio, Giuse's much older brother, and his shady friend at a boat on the Tiber. - Publishers Weekly Master storyteller Ben Macintyre tells the true story behind the Cold War's most intrepid female spy. Parents Guide, Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se}. The police try to get some information about the criminal gang from them and, with the help of a trick, finally get Pasquale to reveal that Giuseppe's brother is one of the gangsters.

| He is currently a teacher-librarian at Michael Power/St. Article Antonio learns about bravery and cowardice, life and death, and the heart's capacity for love - and for cruelty - in this stunning novel. Book Summary It was 1977 when a shoeshine boy, Emanuel Jaques, was brutally murdered in Toronto. More Information | So intent are his parents and his neighbors on keeping the old traditions alive that they act as if they still live in a small village, not in a big city that puts their kids in the kind of danger they would not dare imagine.

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Anthony's new novel, Kicking the Sky, is set in 1977, the year a twelve-year-old shoeshine boy named Emanuel Jaques was brutally raped and murdered in Toronto. It is forbidden to copy anything for publication elsewhere without written permission from the copyright holder. Search String: Summary | BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. He and his companions persuade the boys to sell some stolen American blankets to a lady on their behalf. in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's online-magazine that keeps our members abreast of notable and high-profile books publishing in the coming weeks. Search: Reviews | For Giuseppe this betrayal is the end of their friendship. - The Toronto Star It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet. "[An] intricate coming-of-age debut novel."
A multigenerational story about two families bound together by the tides of history.


Title All rights reserved. Anthony De Sa grew up in Toronto's Portuguese community. 336 pages - Maclean's - The National Post (Canada)

The gangsters give the boys a large sum of money and tell them to shut up. Information at BookBrowse.com is published with the permission of the copyright holder or their agent. Author Become a Member and discover books that entertain, engage & enlighten. Giuseppe's older brother is a criminal. Full access is for members only. Pasquale is 15 years old and homeless. Now the two boys have enough money to buy the horse, which they house in a stable in the outskirts of Rome. His younger companion, Giuseppe, has a family, but they live as refugees on some square meters in a big apartment where many families are gathered. Find books by time period, setting & theme, Read-alike suggestions by book and author. Spam Free: Your email is never shared with anyone; opt out any time. "Rich and compulsively readable... A novel that, like most of the good ones, is funny, heart-breaking and humane." The boys meet Attilio, Giuse's much older brother, and his shady friend at a boat on the Tiber.

They are split in two different cells. Visitors can view some of BookBrowse for free. The pair have been saving to buy a horse of their own to ride. Mar 2014 Paras 1 to 3 of the story deal with the narrator ’s meeting Shovan Lal, the Shoeshine boy and realising that he makes more money than a government clerk by polishing shoes. At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run. The next day Pasquale and Giuseppe are arrested by real police when the lady recognizes them in the street. Anthony's first book, Barnacle Love, was critically acclaimed and became a finalist for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2009 Toronto Book Award. The young boys don't understand that they are used in the gang's plot to rob the lady. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Synopsis submission guide. "Kicking the Sky dares to tell the story about the messy dark side of a big city through the clear eyes of a twelve-year-old boy teetering on the fence between observer and victim … A courageous novel." © BookBrowse LLC 1997-2020. With their trial still in the future, the two friends are driven further apart. "A largely bleak vision, top-heavy with angst and tragedy."

During interrogation, Pasqua is tricked into betraying Giuse's brother to the police. Shoeshine is a 1946 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Two of the boys, the orphan Pasquale and his younger friend Giuseppe, are riding. His short fiction has been published in several North American literary magazines. In the aftermath of the crime, twelve-year-old Antonio Rebelo explores his neighborhood's dark garages and labyrinthine back alleys along with his rapscallion friends.

"The intensity and fragility of boys on the cusp of adolescence is vividly captured, as is the portrait of a community whose insularity is both its strength and its weakness."

They are taken to a jail as juvenile delinquents, and now their long career downwards in this dark part of society begins. - Kirkus

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