The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Man

Little Roger, an eleven-year-old boy
growing up in northern Maine near
the Canadian border, must write a
history paper about his small town of
Frenchville. As his mother is telling
him about growing up in nearby New
Brunswick, Canada, she tells him that
Where Im from, a boy is not a man
until he kills a deer.


At that point Little Roger sets a
new goal for himself, not only does
he want to get an A on his history
paper about Frenchville but now he
also wants to kill a deer and become
a man! He knows what he must do
but it is something very new to him
and he must find a way to reconcile
the task with the outcome. With only
a couple of days left in the hunting
season, will Little Roger kill a deer
and become a man?