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YA realistic fiction book read sometime 2008-2011. First person perspective from teen boy who does some really awful stuff. Content warning for animal death and child sex abuse.
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Lobstergirl wrote: "We don't require any content warnings. You may put whatever details from the book are necessary into your post(s) to help get your query solved."Thank you for clarifying! I was so startled by the memory of the book that I felt an impulse toward caution.
Alas, I don't think it's it, but thank you for the reading list material.
Sounds like the boy is a sociopath, but I've done some searches with related keywords and nada has turned up.Do you think the book was from the USA, or a different country?
Fairly certain it wasn't American. Insofar as memory can be trusted (the standard disclaimer for this group, really), it wouldn't surprise me if the book had been translated into English.
If you think it might have been translated, maybe have a look at this list.Different but Worthwhile - Foreign YA Fiction Translated to English
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