Fourteen-year-old Joseph reluctantly agrees to draw a portrait of his reclusive neighbor, Tom, for a class assignment, and over time, like the silkworms Tom raises, both men come out of their cocoons and face their fears.
year: 2008
call number/section: 1000
subjects: artists, fiction, recluses, juvenile fiction, friendship, emotional problems of teenagers, silkworms, australia, juvenile fiction, fiction