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The Man Without a Face

by Isabelle Holland

An unlikely friendship and a summer of change

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AlbakiReads Editorial

An unlikely friendship and a summer of change

Fourteen-year-old Charles wants both a father figure and a way out of the restrictions of home. When he befriends Justin McLeod, a scarred, reclusive man, their connection develops through tutoring for Charles’s school entrance exams. The exam preparation gives the summer a practical goal, while the relationship brings questions of trust, family, and the many forms love can take into focus. The story pairs a young person’s search for greater independence with an intergenerational friendship.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in stories about family and the search for independence.
  • Readers drawn to coming-of-age stories centered on an unlikely friendship.
  • Those interested in fiction exploring trust, mentorship, and love.

Themes

Coming of ageFamily and belongingFriendship and mentorshipTrustLove in its many forms

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Book overview

Charles didn't know much about life ... until he met The Man Without a Face

"I'd never had a friend, and he was my friend; I'd never really, except for a shadowy memory, had a father, and he was my father. I'd never known an adult I could communicate with or trust, and I communicated with him all the time, whether I was actually talking to him or not. And I trusted him ......

Fourteen-year-old Charles desperately wants two things: a father and a way out. Little love has come his way until the summer he befriends a mysterious scarred man named Justin McLeod, nicknamed ""The Man Without a Face." Charles enlists McLeod's help as tutor for the St. Matthew's school entrance exams, his ticket away from the unpleasant restrictions of his home life. But more important than anything he could get out of a book, that summer Charles learns from McLeod a stirring life lesson about the many faces of love.

'Not much affection had come Charles's way until the summer he was fourteen, when he met McLeod [a man whose face was deeply scarred] and learned that love has many facets.' --BL. 'A highly moral book, powerfully and sensitively written; a book that never loses sight of the human." --H.

1972 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)
Best of the Best Books (YA) 1970-1983 (ALA)
Outstanding Children's Books of 1972 (NYT)

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