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| Genre/Form: | Juvenile materials Juvenile fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school, Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lynne Rae Perkins |
| ISBN: | 0060092726 9780060092726 0060092734 9780060092733 |
| OCLC Number: | 56324543 |
| Awards: | Newbery Medal, 2006. |
| Description: | 337 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | The catch -- Hector goes into a sponge state and has a satori -- Boys, dogs, science fiction -- Radio show -- Leg buds -- In the rhododendrons -- The fable of Lenny -- Easy basin wrench, or Debbie has a mechanical moment, too -- Guitar lessons -- Conversation in the dark: brilliant Eskimo thoughts -- Hector's first song -- Truck lessons -- Ravine -- Japanese chapter -- Guitar progress -- Home work -- At the Tastee-freez on a Tuesday evening -- In and out of the cocoon -- Where the necklace went -- Hair -- Confession -- Wuthering Heights/Popular mechanics -- The childhood friend -- Grosi -- Meanwhile -- Somewhere else -- Meanwhile, elsewhere -- Mrs. Bruning -- Elephants -- What Patty said when Debbie showed her the photo -- California of the mind -- Dan Persik's progress -- A pig roast -- Roasting the pig -- Sarong -- Flip-flop, necklace -- On the roof -- lightning bugs. |
| Responsibility: | by Lynne Rae Perkins. |
Abstract:
Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love.
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