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Nice Going, Red: The Story of a Boy who "Couldn't Take It"
Contributor(s): O'Brien, Msgr Raymond J. (Author), Bartholomew, Erin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1936639718     ISBN-13: 9781936639717
Publisher: St. Augustine Academy Press
OUR PRICE:   $14.20  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: August 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age
- Young Adult Fiction | Religious - Christian - Action & Adventure
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.85 lbs) 302 pages
 
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Frank "Red" Devlin is the best fighter in town--trouble is, he's always getting into scraps over something or other. He just can't stand being teased. He even bristles when his friend, Lieutenant Carroll, spots him smoking and playing craps with Clyde White and Bert Stone, and takes him to task for it. Red wants to be good, honest, but events just always seem to conspire against him. Will he learn to hold his own in the face of peer pressure, or will he give in and go along, even when he knows it's wrong?


From the author of "Brass Knuckles" and "Midget" comes this third novel, "Nice Going, Red," a coming-of-age drama about a boy who has what it takes to make a great young man...but when it comes to his fear of looking foolish, he always seems to give in and take the easy road.

Contributor Bio(s): O'Brien, Msgr Raymond J.: - Born in Chicago in 1892, Raymond O'Brien studied for the Priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, MD and was ordained in 1921. He was then appointed teacher and spiritual advisor at the newly established Quigley Preparatory Seminary, where he taught high-school age boys who were considering the priesthood. During these difficult years of Prohibition and Depression, he became intimately familiar with the temptations and discouragement experienced by young men. He dedicated himself to this cause, establishing numerous youth groups at Blessed Sacrament Parish, where he was transferred in 1936, and where he was known never to turn away troubled youths. He also served as auxiliary chaplain at the Bridewell and County Jail. He was honored with the title of Monsignor in 1949 in recognition of his humanitarian work as well as his promulgation of the faith, and he died in October 1963, a most beloved pastor and friend of boys. (bio of Msgr. Raymond J. O'Brien copyright 2016 by St. Augustine Academy Press)