Rivers Bill - Last Summer Boys A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: In this rapturous coming - of - age debut a naive - yet - determined Appalachian boy will go to any length to save his family over the course of one life - changing summer. If you re famous you don t have to go to war. Summer 1968. When thirteen - year - old Jack Elliot overhears the barbershop men grousing he devises a secret plan to keep his oldest brother Pete from the draft. If famous boys don t go to war he ll make his brother their small town's biggest celebrity. Jack gets unexpected help when his book - smart cousin Frankie arrives in their rural Pennsylvania town for the summer. Together they convince Jack's brothers to lead an expedition to find a fighter jet that crashed many winters ago the perfect adventure to make Pete a hero. But with a greedy developer determined to flood their valley a beautiful girl occupying his middle brother's attentions a wild motorcycle gang causing trouble in town and a disturbed neighbor setting fires Jack realizes it isn t just Pete who needs saving. Set during a single tumultuous summer this beautifully told tale is a heartwarming tribute to innocence first love and the unbreakable bond of brotherhood.
Title: Last Summer Boys A Novel
Author(s): Rivers Bill
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Barcode: 9781662500312
Pages: 286 Pages
Publication Date: 6/1/2022
Category: Fiction: Special Features