The agony of Bun O'Keefe

Resource Information

The work The agony of Bun O'Keefe represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Lewisville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The agony of Bun O'Keefe

Statement of responsibility

Heather Smith

Creator

• Smith, Heather, 1968-

Author

• Smith, Heather, 1968-

Subject

• Compulsive hoarding -- Fiction
• Compulsive hoarding -- Juvenile fiction
• Dysfunctional families -- Juvenile fiction
• Family problems -- Fiction
• Friendship -- Fiction
• Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
• Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's
• Runaway teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
• Bildungsromans
• St. John's (N.L.) -- Fiction
• St. John's (N.L.) -- Juvenile fiction
• Teenagers -- Fiction
• Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
• Vaughan, Brian K -- Fiction
• Social isolation -- Juvenile fiction
• Coming of age -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Fiction
• Bildungsromans

Language

eng

Summary

It's Newfoundland, 1986. Fourteen-year-old Bun O'Keefe has lived a solitary life in an unsafe, unsanitary house. Her mother is a compulsive hoarder, and Bun has had little contact with the outside world. What she's learned about life comes from the random books and old VHS tapes that she finds in the boxes and bags her mother brings home. Bun and her mother rarely talk, so when Bun's mother tells Bun to leave one day, she does. Hitchhiking out of town, Bun ends up on the streets of St. John's, Newfoundland. Fortunately, the first person she meets is Busker Boy, a street musician who senses her naivety and takes her in. Together they live in a house with an eclectic cast of characters: Chef, a hotel dishwasher with culinary dreams; Cher, a drag queen with a tragic past; Big Eyes, a Catholic school girl desperately trying to reinvent herself; and The Landlord, a man who Bun is told to avoid at all cost. Through her experiences with her new roommates, and their sometimes tragic revelations, Bun learns that the world extends beyond the walls of her mother's house and discovers the joy of being part of a new family--a family of friends who care

Cataloging source

DLC

Citation location within source

• July 01, 2017
• September 01, 2017
• September 01, 2017

Citation source

• Kirkus Reviews
• Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
• School Library Journal
• Kirkus Books of Special Note

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• 12-19
• 7-12

Intended audience source

• Brodart
• Brodart

LC call number

PZ7.S649133

LC item number

Ago 2017

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adolescent