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The Lost Legends of New Jersey
Contributor(s): Reiken, Frederick (Author)

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 ISBN: 0156010941     ISBN-13: 9780156010948
Publisher: Mariner Books
OUR PRICE: $18.00  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2001
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Annotation: A New Jersey teenager deals with his rising success as a star hockey player while his family is falling apart.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Romance - Romantic Comedy
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 99057774
Lexile Measure: 650(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.38" W x 8.09" L (0.84 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
- Cultural Region - South Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region - South
- Geographic Orientation - Florida
- Geographic Orientation - New Jersey
Features: Price on Product
Review Citations: BookPage 07/01/2001 pg. 15
Kliatt 03/01/2002 pg. 18
 
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Publisher Description:
From the critically acclaimed author of The Odd Sea, a poignant and magical coming-of-age story that deftly explores the mysteries of love and loss (Time)

It's the early 1980s and the suburban streets of New Jersey are filled with Bruce Springsteen-era teenagers searching for answers. Anthony Rubin is a rising high school hockey star faced with a family that is falling apart. His father has had an affair with Anthony's best friend's mother and his own mother has abandoned the family for Florida. Confronted with an overwhelming sense of loss, Anthony focuses on the one thing he feels he can save-the tough-talking daughter of a reputed Mafioso, a Juliet to his Romeo. Merging the commonplace and the mythological, Frederick Reiken's richly layered second novel presents unforgettable characters whose lives seem at once familiar and archetypal. Filled with joy as well as heartbreak, The Lost Legends of New Jersey is a rich, resonant tale of the extraordinary magic that can arise within ordinary lives.


Contributor Bio(s): Reiken, Frederick: - Frederick Reiken holds a B.A. from Princeton and an M.F.A. from the University of California, Irvine. His first novel, The Odd Sea, was chosen by Booklist as one of the 20 Best First Novels of the Year and won the Hackney Literary Award.
 
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