“Burr” is a book about childhood. It’s an immersion in a wonderful and surprising—yet also full of disappointments, humiliations, and cruelty—the world of a teenage soul. This is “direct action” literature. The work motivates readers to do kind things. While reading, you don’t just return to the world of childhood—you also cleanse the reader and work on moral landmarks. The humanistic direction of the piece and faith in the Human allow you to reveal human qualities even in negative characters.