The One-In-A-Million Boy (CD-Audio)

from Alphawoman

Best book I've read in some time. Beautifully written. Full of love and wisdom, forgiveness, redemption and new beginnings. A wonderful book for any age group. I just loved it. Only reason I did not give it five stars is it had to end.

from lauralkeet

Ona Vitkus is 104 years old and lives alone in a house that belonged to her son. A local scout troop provides a continuous stream of 11-year-old boys to do basic chores in her house and yard. One day, a grown man appears -- the father of a scout taking over his son's duties after he suddenly and ...

from creighley

104 year Ona has Ben sent an 11 year old boy to tend to some of her tasks around her home. As he tends to her bird feeders and tidies her shed, she tells him about her life. Remarkable story!

from closefriend

A delightful, heart-warming book! Young Scout is assigned to help a 104 year old woman 2 hours per Saturday for 7 weeks to get a community service badge. They bond in a most wondrous way, much happens (including the boy doing a ten part oral history or the woman into his micro-sized recorder). I ...

from Carlathelibrarian

I am not sure what I was expecting when I started to read this book, but what I received while reading it was a lot of emotional tugs, warm feelings and a positive feeling about humanity. Ona Vitkus is a 104 years old Lithuanian immigrant. She has been selected by the local Boy Scout troop to rec...