Fitz

Fitz by Cochrane, Mick. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780375856839.

Sometimes Fitz would look at himself in the mirror, an expression of pathetic eagerness on his face. He was a dog in the pound, wanting to be adopted. Hed smile. What father wouldnt want this boy? Fifteen-year-old Fitzgerald—Fitz, to his friends—has just learned that his father, whom hes never met, who supports him but is not a part of his life, is living nearby. Fitz begins to follow him, watch him, study him, and on an otherwise ordinary May morning, he executes a plan to force his father, at gunpoint, to be with him. Over the course of one spring day, Fitz and his father become real to one another. Fitz learns about his father, why hes chosen to remain distant and what really happened between him and Fitzs mother. And his father learns what sort of boy his son has grown up to become.