It's about a child going through childhood seeing nothing but gloom. You will feel his heartaches while being treated as an ugly duckling at home, and humiliated at school. Mostly because he was a middle child with a learning disability. Even though mistreated, he felt loved simply because he han't been locked away in a closet or basement. The book tells how insensitive the educational system was towards children with problems. You will also be taken through his troubled teen and young adult years. His plight of being forced to live on the streets, and how he over came into manhood.