SOLVED. YA Coming of Age book about a lonely boy with clay figurines. Read around early 1990's.

[Larry]

Read this book most likely in the early 1990's, but based on age and setting, could have been written as early as the 1960's. It was a coming of age story about a boy, overall sad tone. The boy was lonely, I remember the family life was not great, and he had a collection of hand made animal figures made from clay. I believe one of them was a bear similar to Winnie the Pooh, but with a broken arm. I remember brown was related to the book, either the cover being brown, brown being in the title, or maybe it was just the hazy brown of the 1980's. I've been trying to remember or find this book for years to try to find books for my children to read that I read at their age.

[Books_at_Tiffany’s]

Did he keep the figurines in a cabinet?

[Rainbowheart]

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom?

The boy has a collection of animal figurines, and one is a bear. His rabbit figurine has a broken ear.

[Kat]

I also came to suggest There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom. The cover of the edition I read in the 80s has that general brownish color scheme.

Even if that's not your book, I recommend it!

[Larry]

Rainbowheart wrote: "There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom?

The boy has a collection of animal figurines, and one is a bear. His rabbit figurine has a broken ear."

That is it, Thank you so much! This has been nagging at me for years.

[Larry]

Kat wrote: "I also came to suggest There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom. The cover of the edition I read in the 80s has that general brownish color scheme.
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Wasn't sure at first, but after looking at a summary, that is the book!

[Larry]

SOLVED:There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar.Louis SacharThere's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

[Rainbowheart]

Awesome, super glad to help out!