1.0BookDragonhttps://apa.si.edu/bookdragonSmithsonian Asian Pacific American Centerhttps://apa.si.edu/bookdragon/author/riemert/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="I4yilbwQ8y"><a href="https://apa.si.edu/bookdragon/the-boy-by-naeem-murr/">The Boy by Naeem Murr</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://apa.si.edu/bookdragon/the-boy-by-naeem-murr/embed/#?secret=I4yilbwQ8y" width="600" height="338" title="“The Boy by Naeem Murr” — BookDragon" data-secret="I4yilbwQ8y" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://apa.si.edu/bookdragon/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Boy-Naeem-Murr-BookDragon.jpg602892You can't believe how scary this book can be, especially if you have children of your own. The eponymous boy of many names in Naeem Murr's disturbingly effective debut novel is a complicated, unpredictable, wholly unreliable protagonist. He's a hero to his fellow orphan boys and street children. He's an angel to the orphanage matron who worships him. He's a savior and reason for living to the fat man he sometimes lives with. He's a monster to the foster family that took him in, a family which he charmed, seduced, then destroyed. Now completely alone, Sean Hennessy, the father of the foster family, is determined to track down the boy he knows as Pierce (aptly named). Not only for answers to what happened, but because he's convinced that Pierce is also his illegitimate son and, as twisted and destructive as he is, Sean's last blood-ties to this world. The chase is on for the elusive boy, and everyone has a different story to tell ... Readers: Adult Published: 1998 (United States)