Well done, I liked how he can intellectually appreciate the nice home for boys and agree to the rules, but still be upset by everything. That's very like real life, I think.
There was one sentence I found awkward to read, where he's thinking about his new hearing power after the wake. "Later, when things had settled down a bit and he'd the chance to think about and test out his newest power." I think maybe the 'and' shouldn't be there or maybe there was more to that sentence? I'm not sure what you intended.
