5 rows · · Overview. “Kicking the Sky dares to tell the story about the messy dark side of a big city ISBN Anthony's new novel, Kicking the Sky, is set in , the year a twelve-year-old shoeshine boy named Emanuel Jaques was brutally raped and murdered in Toronto. Anthony graduated from University of Toronto and Queen's University. He is currently a teacher-librarian at Michael Power/St. Joseph High School. He lives in Toronto with his wife and three boys. Kicking the Sky. From Giller-nominated author Anthony De Sa a novel of rare evocative power that captures with clarity and poignancy the space between innocence and knowing for a city, for a community and most especially for a trio of unforgettable boys. “A beautiful and terrifying new novel.”. — XTRA MAGAZINE. “The author’s long-awaited first novel is a powerful follow-up to his impressive debut .
Kicking the Sky. Anthony De Sa. • 7 Ratings; $; $; Publisher Description. It was when a shoeshine boy, Emanuel Jaques, was brutally murdered in Toronto. In the aftermath of the crime, twelve-year-old Antonio Rebelo explores his neighborhood's dark garages and labyrinthine back alleys along with his rapscallion friends. Kicking the Sky by Anthony De Sa - Goodreads 'Kicking the Sky' was based on a short story that De Sa wrote for his acclaimed collection 'Barnacle Love', and it is a superb and captivating debut novel about friendship, loyalty and bravery, in which a young boy must grow up quickly and make difficult decisions that affect him and his loved ones. A review of Kicking the Sky, by Anthony De Sa. Steven Hayward. Kicking the Sky. Anthony De Sa. Doubleday Canada. pages, hardcover. ISBN I n the summer of Toronto was a city on the move, a boomtown rising out of the ashes of the Big Smoke. Finishing touches were being placed on an improbably ambitious building in the.
In this vein, Antonio Rebelo is the wide-eyed, twelve-year-old narrator of Anthony De Sa’s new novel, Kicking the Sky. It opens in a blue-collar, Portuguese immigrant neighborhood of Toronto, Canada. A young boy has disappeared, setting the tightly knit community on edge. “It was the summer that no one slept ,” recalls Antonio. Anthony's new novel, Kicking the Sky, is set in , the year a twelve-year-old shoeshine boy named Emanuel Jaques was brutally raped and murdered in Toronto. Anthony graduated from University of Toronto and Queen's University. He is currently a teacher-librarian at Michael Power/St. Joseph High School. He lives in Toronto with his wife and three boys. Kicking The Sky|Anthony De Sa1, Lost Treasures|Lynn Scott, Legitimacy and Law in the Roman World Tabulae in Roman Belief and Practice|Elizabeth A Meyer, Gradys Wedding|Patricia McLinn.
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