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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    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
Rocket Summer

Rocket Summer

Street, Chip

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 1480202622
ISBN13: 9781480202627
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Nov 11 2012
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.45 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Lacey Patterson just made an exciting - and dangerous - discovery.

She's found an old crate filled with surplus military rockets. Now, she could do the right thing, like telling her dad...

Or she could do the fun thing, and talk her friends Kenny and Charlie into building a rocket-powered car on the outskirts of town.

Of course, they've got no skills for building cars, and none of them even has a license. But with enough duct tape and baling wire, and a healthy dose of not-knowing-any-better, they're bent on making this a summer to remember... if they can just stay alive long enough to enjoy it.

It's not like anybody pays any attention to what they're up to. Lacey's dad is still mourning her mom's passing after three years, so he's splitting his time between working and sitting alone in a dark house. And Kenny's old man pretty much ignores him and his sister Darlene, unless they forget to feed the chickens... even then all they get is a whack and a bruise. That's why stealing parts from his shop seems like the best and worst part of the plan.

Charlie's dad might be their biggest problem... not only is he all attentive and curious and whatnot, he's the Sheriff. So keeping him in the dark is job one.

If you're looking for a YA coming-of-age story that's funny, thrilling, and heartbreaking, this is the one.

...a real page-turner ... riveting and profound - Binghamton Children's Books Examiner

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