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First Boy
Encyclopedia
First Boy is a novel published in 2005 by Gary Schmidt. It was a Mark Twain Award nominee for the 2007-2008 year.
dairy farm since his grandfather's death, stands up for himself and makes it clear whose first boy he really is. Cooper never knew his parents and his birth certificate is blacked out. Who is Copper Jewett really? Nobody Knows.
Mrs. Perely: The guardian of Cooper
Mr. Searle: a farmer that helps Cooper run the farm
Mr. Heavy-legs/Bolster: agent working for the president
Senator Wickham: a presidential candidate in upcoming election
Mrs. President: president running for re-election
Plot summary
Dragged into the political turmoil of a presidential election year, fourteen-year-old Cooper Jewett, who has run a New HampshireNew Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
dairy farm since his grandfather's death, stands up for himself and makes it clear whose first boy he really is. Cooper never knew his parents and his birth certificate is blacked out. Who is Copper Jewett really? Nobody Knows.
Characters
Cooper Jewett:a boy living on a New Hampshire dairy farm with no familyMrs. Perely: The guardian of Cooper
Mr. Searle: a farmer that helps Cooper run the farm
Mr. Heavy-legs/Bolster: agent working for the president
Senator Wickham: a presidential candidate in upcoming election
Mrs. President: president running for re-election