An atmospheric 1950's coming-of-age story about a quirky seventh-grader living in vacant buildings with his grandfather while attending a ritzy private Catholic military grade school. At first he's convinced that a monsignor's sexual abuse won't spoil his bizarrely fun life. After all a kid's gotta be tough...but is he tough enough? The novel commingles blasphemous satire and depictions of childhood miseries as well as joys (romance included of course). [Available in paperback and ebook format.]