- Teenage boys, Life change events, Literature, Betrayal
With the end of summer closing in and a steamy Labor Day weekend looming in the town of Holton Mills, New Hampshire, thirteen-year-old Henry—lonely, friendless, not too good at sports—spends most of his time watching television, reading, and daydreaming about the soft skin and budding bodies of his female classmates.
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Earnest, intimate, contemporary and spare.
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Joyce Maynard
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 244
- Publisher
- HarperCollins, William Morrow
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780061957659
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