Boy Who Wanted to Be a Man

Little Roger, an eleven-year-old boygrowing up in northern Maine nearthe Canadian border, must write ahistory paper about his small town ofFrenchville. As his mother is tellinghim about growing up in nearby NewBrunswick, Canada, she tells him thatWhere Im from, a boy is not a manuntil he kills a deer.

At that point Little Roger sets anew goal for himself, not only doeshe want to get an A on his historypaper about Frenchville but now healso wants to kill a deer and becomea man! He knows what he must dobut it is something very new to himand he must find a way to reconcilethe task with the outcome. With onlya couple of days left in the huntingseason, will Little Roger kill a deerand become a man?