- Older people, Fiction, Children's fiction, Older people, fiction
Haunted by the memory of a dead friend, two teenagers join an old man in a series of misadventures.
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Classical in form, earnest, spare and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Paul Zindel
- First published
- 1968
- Pages
- 183
- Publisher
- HarperCollins, Harper Trophy
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780060268541
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