The Stone Boy

12-year-old Arnold Hillerman and his 17-year-old brother Eugene live with their family on a farm in Montana. In an accident, Eugene is killed by Arnold’s gun. Isolated from emotions he cannot comprehend, Arnold now has to come to terms with his grieving family – including his father, mother, hostile uncle, and grandfather – while his family has to come to terms with Arnold.

• begins with death
• boy
• family relationships
• killed with a gun
• tragedy