Adam Rapp

Little Chicago is a 2002 novel by Adam Rapp. Little Chicago is a story told by eleven-year-old Gerald 'Blacky' Brown, a victim of sexual abuse and neglect. Blacky is taken to hospital to be examined, tells a social worker about the molestation, and at school he tells his best friend, Eric Duggan. But he is let down by …

33 Snowfish is a 2003 novel by Adam Rapp. The American Library Association made the book one of their 2004 book picks. In an article with Horn Book Magazine, Candlewick Press's editorial director commented that Rapp's original version of 33 Snowfish contained stronger language which had to be edited down before it …