`` The Kid with a Bike '' has simplicity fused with moral force and emotional gravity . The boy craves respect . It is the story of an adolescent boy who rides his bike to school every day, but when he gets there it's not quite what he expected. When he finds the apartment empty , he runs headlong into the arms of a stranger .
`` The Kid with a Bike '' has simplicity fused with moral force and emotional gravity . It is the story of an adolescent boy who rides his bike to school every day, but when he gets there it's not quite what he expected. When he finds the apartment empty , he runs headlong into the arms of a stranger .