The Boy at the Gate

“This is an incredibly brave book: shocking, and sometimes, despite everything, shockingly hilarious.” —Sara Gruen, bestselling author of Water for Elephants

“Like a true song, this story is finely crafted workmanship, unashamedly human with its pain and perplexity, yet unabashedly divine with grace and light and love woven into the tapestry beneath the tweed. . . . It is a treasure!” —William Paul Young, author of The Shack

“[Danny Ellis] moves fluidly between present and past, exploring a hard early life and its aftereffects with a mischievous tone.”
—Shelf Awareness

"A gifted writer, Ellis is effective at presenting abuse and neglect from the young boy’s perspective, without the elaboration of hindsight, the pathos of the memories only unraveling fully later. . . . Ellis is at his most poetic when writing about the power of music to protect and motivate him. . . . Filled with both winks and tears, this book proves that goodness can shine even in the ugliest places." —Booklist

“This is an incredibly brave book: shocking, and sometimes, despite everything, shockingly hilarious.” —Sara Gruen, bestselling author of Water for Elephants

“Like a true song, this story is finely crafted workmanship, unashamedly human with its pain and perplexity, yet unabashedly divine with grace and light and love woven into the tapestry beneath the tweed. . . . It is a treasure!” —William Paul Young, author of The Shack

“[Danny Ellis] moves fluidly between present and past, exploring a hard early life and its aftereffects with a mischievous tone.”
—Shelf Awareness

"A gifted writer, Ellis is effective at presenting abuse and neglect from the young boy’s perspective, without the elaboration of hindsight, the pathos of the memories only unraveling fully later. . . . Ellis is at his most poetic when writing about the power of music to protect and motivate him. . . . Filled with both winks and tears, this book proves that goodness can shine even in the ugliest places." —Booklist