The Boy in The Bin
By Amazon Customer on November 29, 2015
Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
Once again Mr. Massie "Chaz" you nailed it. This book was fantastic. It was easy to follow and very interesting. I love reading your books, fiction and nonfiction.
The Boy in The Bin
Another keeper from Mr. Massie
By Pat Ianuzzi on January 24, 2016
Format: Paperback
I wasn't sure if I would like a young adult novel. I am familiar with Mr. Massies 'true crime' books and decided to give it a try. I was nicely surprised. This is the story of a young boy's coming of age. His parents are jerks and both have different ideas on how he should be raised.
The central character, (Raphael) ends up hanging around a gang of punks getting involved in all kinds of bad things like shoplifting, graffiti and arson. He has been caught twice and both times sentenced to reform school.
He learns nothing and his life continues to spiral out of control. When his house catches on fire, he is forced to live in a storage bin. He encounters many strange things and through the experience, comes to a spiritual awakening. He has a new attitude and ends up saving the life of the President, who has come to town.
I found this book to be very well written and easy to understand. Mr. Massie has crafted a story that merges the real world with a mystical world, without the reader realizing it. I would recommend this book for young adult and adult alike and give it 5 stars. This would make an excellent 'after school' movie.
The Boy in The Bin
good reading for all
By donna bernardus on January 29, 2016
Format: Paperback
Mr. Massie is at it again threading a coming of age doctrine with real life adventure as in his previous books. The book addresses common social problems of developing youths:mortally, spiritually and emotionally.
Raphael is a teenager dealing with a malfunctioning family and basically is a turn key child. Being deformed has caused conflict with his pier group, they ostracized and reject him because of his cleft pallet. Rafael kinds kindship with a cast out group of arsonists, thrives and sexual deviants. The rejects of society.
Through many adventures he finds his way back to society and forms new values by being totally deserted by mankind.
A good book for all to read as it validates human responses to social pressures. Then supports the values of hard work and self retrospective. Great for those formative teen year's people to read or would be good to use as a read for high school ethics and morals based coarse study.
The book is well thought out and includes answered that most readers with raise. Would be a good mini series for after school hours TV or a movie. There is a lot of issues for parents to gleen information helpful for them to raise their children.
Another good book by Mr. Massie. I am hoping for another soon. Thank you
The Boy in the Bin
It is a novel and is much better written that the first two
By eva breedlove on January 18, 2016
Format: Kindle Edition
This is the third book I have read by Charles Massie. The first two were true-crime. The Boy in the Bin is a novel and is much better written that the first two. It could be read by an adolescent as well as an adult. There are a few graphic scenes but older adolescence would benefit by reading the book.
The work is set in present day Brooklyn. Raphael is born into an affluent but dysfunctional family. During his early years he must deal with a cleft palate which makes him the subject of teasing by his peers. During his formative years he quickly falls into the wrong crowd causing him
to to continually be in trouble at school.
During Raphael's teen years he must face the loss of his parents..He is forced to sleep in a storage bin. Mr. Massie writes an exciting tale of how Raphael copes with the life he is dealt and eventually gets his life on the right track. As an educator I recommend this novel for parents and young adults.
