title: Boy21 (Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults)
author:  Matthew Quick 
description: &quot;...beautiful...a first-rate work of art.&quot; The New York Times Book Review<br /><br />&quot;...satisfying but never simple... A story that, like [its narrator] Finley, expresses a lot in relatively few words.&quot; Kirkus *STARRED REVIEW*<br /><br />&quot;...[Quick's] emotionally raw tale retains a delicate sense of hope and optimism, making it a real gut punch of a read.&quot; Publishers Weekly<br /><br />&quot;...heartbreaking, but the hopeful ending pays off. An unusual and touching story.&quot; Booklist<br /><br />&quot;Quick is a master of capturing the rawness of adolescence and the bleakness that comes from being trapped in the wrong world, whether it's Finley's bad neighborhood or, in the case of Boy21, Earth.&quot; The Boston Globe
zlib_text: The Boy in the Well
  
    
    
  
  Dan Clark
  
    
  
    
  
  Copyright © 2021 by Dan Clark
  
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  For Rachel.
  
  Thank you for the constant support, guidance and love, and most importantly,
  for believing in me and shutting down any self-doubt I had.
  
  I love you.
  
    
  
    
  
  About the Author
  
    
  
  Dan was born in the northwest of England. He started reading Stephen King from
  an early age and is 