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The Shape Of A Broken Boy

by Steven Allen

Art, trust, and the possibility of starting again

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Art, trust, and the possibility of starting again

Danny Sanders has learned to keep himself—and his feelings—out of sight while carrying grief, family instability, and years of rejection. A place at the New York School of the Arts gives him a glimpse of a different future, but that prospect becomes more complicated when Tony, a boy connected to an earlier breach of trust, returns. The novel brings Danny’s artistic ambitions into the same frame as his guarded relationships and the family wounds he has yet to reckon with. Its central tension lies in the risk of letting someone close while trying to imagine a life not governed by the past.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in LGBTQ+ romance and stories of renewed trust.
  • Readers drawn to coming-of-age fiction involving art, grief, and family challenges.

Themes

Grief and family instabilityArtistic ambitionTrust and vulnerabilityLGBTQ+ romanceHope after rejection

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Book overview

 

Seventeen-year-old Danny Sanders has mastered the art of disappearing. Haunted by a father's death, a mother lost to addiction, and years of rejection, he has kept his head down and his heart guarded. His only constants are Peanut, the worn elephant that has anchored him, and the sketchbook where he hides pieces of himself.

 

When his portfolio earns a place at the New York School of the Arts, Danny can't believe in a future that finally feels possible. But with possibility comes risk- especially when Tony, the boy who once broke his trust, re-enters his life. Together, they face the weight of family, the pull of old wounds, and the fragile hope of something more.

 

Raw, tender, and unflinchingly honest, The Shape of a Broken Boy is a story about surviving the shadows of the past and daring to build a home in the light.

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