x dismiss this message
Did you know you can edit this page?
-
Sign Into Shelfari
-
Choose something to edit
-
Save your contributions
see page history
Description edit
'City Boy' spins a hilarious and often touching tale of an urban kid's adventures and misadventures on the street, in school, in the countryside, always in pursuit of Lucille, a heartless redhead personifying all the girls who torment and fascinate pubescent lads of eleven.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Herbie Bookbinder: Add a description of this character.
- Lennie Krieger
- Mr. Gauss
- Cliff
- Lucille
- Felicia
- Mr. Zasi
- Davey
- Herbert Bookbinder
- Uncle Sandy
- Elmer Bean
- Jacob Bookbinder
- Clever Sam
- Mrs. Corkin
- Uncle Sid
- Tillie
- Ted
- Mrs. Gorkin
- Mr. Drabkind
- Mrs. Gloster
- Lee
- Yishy Gabelson
- Jake
- Daisy
- Mrs. Glass
- Leonard Krieger
- Mr. Butcher
- Master Bookbinder
- Mrs. Corn
- Diana Vernon
- Penobscot
- Eddie Bromberg
- Papa
- Gooch Lefko
- Grant
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
On a golden May morning in the sixth year of Calvin Coolidge's presidency, a stout little dark-haired boy named Herbert Bookbinder, dressed in a white shirt, a blue tie and gray knee breeches, sat at a desk in Public School 50 in the Bronx, suffering the pain of a broken heart.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: Add the publication date.
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: Add the page count.
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: Add the publication date.
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: Add the page count.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
Popular Tags
We’re hiding the errata, movie connections, books that influenced this book, books influenced by this book, books that cite this book and books cited by this book sections. If you would like to add content to them, you must first make them visible.
