Steamborn (Steamborn, #1)

by Eric R. Asher

Jacob thought back to all the horrible things his classmates had said to him when his dad first got sick and couldn’t join them for Cork on family day. His dad had just started having trouble breathing. People could be mean, and some of the kids he knew were the worst. Jacob’s hand clenched into a fist until he remembered something else Charles had said. I have no use for cruelty.