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Walking the Edge by Alice Mead
 		 Walking the Edge
by Alice Mead
Published in 1995 by Whitman and Company
Subject: Rural poverty in Maine
ISBN 0807586498

 Summary
 When everything seems wrong, thirteen-year-old Scott Easton climbs to a ledge overlooking his Maine fishing village. He likes to stand on the cliff edge and lean into the wind. It's a dangerous balancing act. In this year, he must confront his abusive father, as well as learn important discoveries about himself and the ecology of the bay and its marine life.

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