Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
SUMMARY: In the small, desolate town of Mulyan, a well-behaved young boy plays with a toy car atop the fence rail surrounding his front yard. A very different sort of boy--sunbaked, unkempt, and vaguely dangerous--appears on the street side of the fence to scratch his name in the wood and taunt the young boy to move beyond his boundaries. So begins the eerie relationship between Gabriel and Finnegan: the first, an isolated and disturbed child in a profoundly dysfunctional family with an ugly history; the second, a cruel and destructive yet wildly freeing force. The two determine to be each other's reflection: one all good, the other all bad. Together they share dark secrets, make plans, and experience a pure love for Surrender, Gabriel's adopted hound. Told retrospectively from the deathbed of 20-year-old Gabriel, this is a potent and disquieting psychological tale. (from the Booklist review)
OPINION: This book is a stream of consciousness story of an unlikely, dangerous friendship. Gabriel and Finnegan are close through the years, relying solely on each other's company. But as Finnegan's love for fire threatens the town, Gabriel's father forms a vigilante group to try to catch the arsonist. Gabriel, caught between these two powerful forces in his life, isn't sure where his loyalties lie. Can he keep secrets from either one? This book will haunt you to the end.
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