Cameron Smith, is a sixteen year-old boy, he is being diagnosed with "mad cow disease" ( Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease), when in the hospital he met Gonzo, a 16 year old dwarf. Gonzo is a video gamer who thinks that everyone is trying to kill him. Cameron has visitation from a punkish angel named Dulcie who has a propensity for spray-painting her wings. They, all together embark on a cross-country, modern day Don Quixote quest encountering not windmills but happiness, jazz musicians, Disney World, driven cult and small-town diners. This novel is an intricate coming of age/quest tale in which you have to decide what to believe, Is Cameron spending his final days in a hospital bed, suffering from extreme hallucinations or is he tearing across the country, surrounded by loyal friends and battling evil?
Going Bovine was chosen as the 2010 Printz Award winner.
Bray, Libba. Going bovine, Crows Nest, Vic. : Allen & Unwin, 2010
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