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Description
With the end of summer closing in and a steamy Labor Day weekend looming in the town of Holton Mills, New Hampshire, thirteen-year-old Henry-lonely, friendless, not too good at sports-spends most of his time watching television, reading, and daydreaming about the soft skin and budding bodies... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Henry: a 13 year old boy, uncertain and so likable. I felt about him how I felt for Edgar Sawtelle - so much to say, so few words to say it...
Memorable Quotes
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“"I had been noticing lately, how often people did that: take whatever anybody else mentioned in the way of a problem, and turn it around to them and their own sorry situation"”
Henry, age 13
First Sentence
It was just the two of us, my mother me, after my father left.
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Authors & Contributors
- Joyce Maynard (Author)
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