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Reviewed on April 1, 2014 | Multimedia Review
Gr 10 Up—In this dark supernatural story of a hidden baby, a bombed-out community in a warring land, and reluctant healing powers, Billy Dean is an illegitimate child who has been kept locked up by his parents from his birth to age 13. He's confined in a room from which he may not and does not wish to leave. His mother, Veronica, loves Billy Dean, but is dominated by his father, the charismatic priest Wilfred, an alternately caring and tormented individual with godly delusions. After ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More