Full Service Contributor(s): Weaver, Will |
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ISBN: 0006428386 ISBN-13: 9780374324858 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Binding Type: - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2005 * Out of Print * Annotation: With richly developed characters and a flair for arresting imagery, Weaver tells the story of the end of one boy's innocence, unfolding at a time when the country as a whole is undergoing a difficult, deeply disturbing coming-of-age during the Vietnam Era. |
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Library of Congress Subjects: - 01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Religious - Christian - General - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Young Adult Fiction | Lifestyles - Country Life | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: Service stations; Fiction. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: Coming of age; Ficti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 0.84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guided Reading: 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards: Tayshas Reading, Commended, Young Adult, 2007 Grand Canyon Reader Award, Nominee, Teen, 2009 Volunteer State Book Awards, Nominee, Young Adult, 2007 Minnesota Book Award, Finalist, Young Adult Fiction, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Description: The times they are a-changin' . . . The summer that Paul turns sixteen his mother pushes him to take a job in town instead of just working on the family farm. " You need to meet the public, " she says, which is saying a lot for a woman deeply committed to the tightly knit religious community to which they belong. And meet the public Paul does: He meets Kirk, the angry gas station manager; Harry, a reclusive and kindly gangster; and a family of hippies passing in a yellow peace van to San Francisco. He also meets beautiful Peggy, a high school sensation, and dark-haired Dale, her onthe- side boyfriend who is headed to Vietnam. All of them come to the station - as well as girls on summer vacation, tanned and smelling of coconut oil, and ministers from Paul' s fundamentalist church, who are worried about his soul. As the summer progresses, Paul learns the secrets of his small Minnesota town and discovers that he' s ready to have a few secrets of his own. With richly developed characters and a flair for arresting imagery, Will Weaver tells the story of the end of one boy' s innocence, unfolding at a time when the country as a whole is undergoing a difficult, deeply disturbing coming-of-age. |
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