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   Jan 1, 2010 · Vlautin's third novel, Lean on Pete, is the story of a 15-year-old boy who works and lives on a rundown race track in Portland, Oregon and befriends a failed race horse named Lean on Pete. The novel won two Oregon Book Awards: the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction and the Peoples Choice Award.

   • 4/5 (4.8K)
   • Format: Paperback

   • Author: Willy Vlautin

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   Lean on Pete. Paperback – 3 Mar. 2011. by Willy Vlautin (Author) 4.3 977 ratings. See all formats and editions. Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home; food on the table; a high school he can attend for more than part of a year; and some structure to his life.

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   • Author: Willy Vlautin

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   Apr 13, 2010 · In Lean on Pete, Willy Vlautin reveals the lives and choices of American youth like Charley Thompson who were failed by those meant to protect them and who were never allowed the chance to just be a kid. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more.

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   • Brand: Harper Perennial

   • Price: $10.59

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   May 3, 2018 · A refreshing, unflinchingly honest take on the American road trip novel, Lean on Pete is brilliant in its unsentimental portrayal of early twentieth-century America. The novel follows Charley Thompson, a teenager at a...

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   • Author: Willy Vlautin

7. www.willyvlautin.com › lean-on-peteLean on Pete | Willy Vlautin - novelist and songwriter

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   Told from the perspective of fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson, Lean on Pete (2010) is the story of a boy left to fend for himself by his wayward single father. Charley wanders to Portland Meadows racetrack one day and finds work with a surly, washed up horse trainer.

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   When tragic events leave him homeless weeks after their move to Portland, Oregon, Charley seeks refuge in the tack room of a run-down horse track. Charley's only comforts...

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   Feb 4, 2010 · Lean on Pete. Willy Vlautin. Faber & Faber, Feb 4, 2010 - Fiction - 288 pages. Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home; food on the table; a high school he can attend for more than part of...