Donovan, John

There are many kinds of boats. Some boats even go on land and water!.

Fourteen-year-old Harry is more a pal than a son to his parents but his friendship with seventy-two-year-old Amelia fosters an honesty and directness that gives him the courage to be himself.

When his entire family dies, John is left alone on the remote New Hampshire farm with only a wolf-dog for company.

While trying to cope with his alcoholic mother and absent father, a lonely New York City teenager develops a confusing crush on another boy.