ARC Review: Mean Little People by Paige Dearth
Release Date: April 2, 2017 Publisher: Fiction with Meaning LLC Format: Kindle Pages: 504 pages Genre: Horror/Mystery/Thriller Buy: Kindle | Paperback Synopsis: Seven year old Tony has two choices: to live or to die. Tony Bruno just wants to fit in, but the bullies at his school are cruel and relentless. At home, he leans on his mother Teresa for strength and comfort, but she’s no match for his father, Carmen. His father, a fighter and bully himself, hates Tony. He is embarrassed by the child for not fighting back and wishes that Tony was never born. Then as a teen, in one act of blind courage, Tony fights back shifting the balance of power with his peers. Even after Tony sets things straight with the neighborhood boys, his father continues to terrorize him. At school, Tony is now respected by his classmates. One day he stands up for a bullied kid named, Salvatore, and the boys become friends. One night, Salvatore commits a horrific crime and Tony suffers the cons...