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Description for Shohola Falls
A coming-of-age novel with a twist - along with two interracial love stories, a depiction of the explosive 1960s in America and a cross-country search for Mark Twain. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
With the death of his mother and the sudden disappearance of his father, teenager Tommy Blanks is left to live alone in the Bronx on the money his father left him and what he can steal. His shoplifting eventually lands him in Upstate New York in a Catholic Boys' Home run by a demonic priest. There Tommy falls in love with a local girl, Nada, but also meets his nemesis, Adam Delano. After a school-wide brawl, Tommy escapes and is presumed dead by the local authorities when they find his hat floating in the river. Tommy is taken in by ... Read more
With the death of his mother and the sudden disappearance of his father, teenager Tommy Blanks is left to live alone in the Bronx on the money his father left him and what he can steal. His shoplifting eventually lands him in Upstate New York in a Catholic Boys' Home run by a demonic priest. There Tommy falls in love with a local girl, Nada, but also meets his nemesis, Adam Delano. After a school-wide brawl, Tommy escapes and is presumed dead by the local authorities when they find his hat floating in the river. Tommy is taken in by ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815607854
SKU
V9780815607854
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
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