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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
One Summer

One Summer

Drake, Albert

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 0936892242
ISBN13: 9780936892245
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 2 2011
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.24 Depth: 7.99
Language: English
One Summer is a semi-autobiographical novel that evokes the sights, sounds and smells of small-town Lents through the eyes of an adolescent boy growing up on the edge of 1940's Portland, Oregon. Drawing from personal experience, as well as historical events of Portland, Drake weaves the story of a teen reaching adulthood in the summer of 1948 that is simultaneously nostalgic and honest. Chris and his friends read Real Clue and Detective Comics at the Mt Scott drugstore, hang out at the movies at a time when John Garfield was starring in They Made Me A Criminal, and listen to I Love A Mystery on the radio. Meanwhile, hints of the adult world intrude on Chris' idyll: the responsibility of a paper route, involvement in petty crimes with his friend Mal, and a plane crash on 92nd Street. One Summer taps the feeling of being young, looking for adventure, and finding it in the most surprising places.

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