- Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Family life, Fiction, Musicians
Living in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon neighborhood, fourteen-year-old Quinn's life has been consumed by music and the famous musicians who live nearby, but in 1971, his first girlfriend, a substitute teacher, and a draft dodger help open his eyes about the Vietnam War.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Janet Tashjian
- First published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Henry Holt
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780805093650
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