Year of the Amphibian

Year of the Amphibian

What is paradise for a fourteen-year-old boy? For Conrad it's definitely not dusty Los Angeles, where he's stuck living with his mother and his cheeky little sisters. And it's not the school full of rich kids - despite a certain someone with brown eyes whose name starts with the letter A .  Paradise is the forest where his dad still lives, by the water where he belongs. * IndieReader Discovery Awards 2019 : Winner of Best First Book (fiction) * Eric Hoffer Book Awards 2019 : Finalist, General Fiction * Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2019 : Finalist for both Fiction  and  First Novel A year in the life of a teenager in the early 1980's: a coming-of-age novel of sorts, but also a story about siblings in a broken family, and about the echoes of history, and about art, and about burritos, and about toads, and about girls. " Year of the Amphibian is a timeless, beautifully written coming-of-age story about transformation and self-acceptance." - IndieReader (5/5 stars) "This polished novel is lovingly crafted ... the dynamics among the siblings and friends is warmly entertaining. Readers will remain invested in the characters' struggles and small triumphs as they navigate the awkwardness of adolescence and the perils of the adult world." - The BookLife Prize "This coming-of-age story will strike home for many readers. It's one that a lot of people can relate to, as it dives into the innocence of childhood and the struggle of trying to grow up in the modern world" - The US Review of Books