Mac

John MacLean

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1987 - Juvenile Fiction - 175 pages

Fifteen-year-old Mac's personality undergoes a sudden change as he tries to come to terms with the trauma of being sexually abused by a doctor during a physical examination.

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Review: Mac

User Review  - Misplacedparisian - Goodreads

The book definitely has that 80's vibe to it, even in the way the issue of assault is addressed. But I love how the story went and the touch of positivity it has. It wasn't graphic either, but ...

Review: Mac

User Review  - Kate - Goodreads

This presents a before and after look at one teen boy, Mac, who is molested by his doctor. That might be a spoiler of sorts, because mostly the book about his behavior - in the Before, he is ...

Contents

• Section 1: 14
• Section 2: 15
• Section 3: 29

About the author

John N. Maclean was a writer, reporter, and editor for the "Chicago Tribune" for thirty years. His first book, "Fire on the Mountain," was the MPBA best nonfiction title of 1999. A longtime student of wildfire, he assisted in the posthumous publication of "Young Men and Fire," which was written by his father, Norman Maclean. He divides his time between Washington, D.C., and Montana.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mac
• Author: John MacLean
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1987
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 28, 2009
• ISBN: 0395430801, 9780395430804
• Length: 175 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Sexual Abuse