The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Man: A Novella

Paul Bouchard

sept 2010 · iUniverse

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Little Roger, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in northern Maine near the Canadian border, must write a history paper about his small town of Frenchville. As his mother is telling him about growing up in nearby New Brunswick, Canada, she tells him that Where Im from, a boy is not a man until he kills a deer.

At that point Little Roger sets a new goal for himself, not only does he want to get an A on his history paper about Frenchville but now he also wants to kill a deer and become a man! He knows what he must do but it is something very new to him and he must find a way to reconcile the task with the outcome. With only a couple of days left in the hunting season, will Little Roger kill a deer and become a man?

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Paul Bouchard is the author of Enlistment, A Package at Gitmo, and the nonfiction book A Catholic Marries a Hindu. He grew up in northern Maine and is currently a lawyer in the Army JAG Corps. For more on Paul Bouchard visit www. authorpaulbouchard.com.