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Tracktown Summer Hardback - 2009

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Author: Holmes, Elizabeth
ISBN: 9780525479468

by Elizabeth Ann Holmes

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Jake has felt fatherless ever since his parentsseparated, and so he can't wait to spend thesummer with his dad. But the house Dad rented isa shabby place next to the railroad tracks, with nofriends and nothing to do. Then, through a pickupgame of hoops, Jake befriends a neighbor boy.Adrian is charming at first, but soon Jake startsto sense a streak of desperation in him. Jake getssucked into Adrian's bizarre life, in which recklessnessescalates to danger. Witnessing Adrian's highlydysfunctional, sometimes violent, family gives Jakenew perspective on his own situation.

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Jake has felt fatherless ever since his parents separated, and so he can't wait to spend the summer with his dad. But the house Dad rented is a shabby place next to the railroad tracks, with no friends and nothing to do. Then, through a pickup game of hoops, Jake befriends a neighbor boy. Adrian is charming at first, but soon Jake starts to sense a streak of desperation in him. Jake gets sucked into Adrian's bizarre life, in which recklessness escalates to danger. Witnessing Adrian's highly dysfunctional, sometimes violent, family gives Jake new perspective on his own situation.

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Jake has felt fatherless ever since his parents separated, and so he can't wait to spend the summer with his dad. But the house Dad rented is a shabby place next to the railroad tracks, with no friends and nothing to do. Then, through a pickup game of hoops, Jake befriends a neighbor boy. Adrian is charming at first, but soon Jake starts to sense a streak of desperation in him. Jake gets sucked into Adrian's bizarre life, in which recklessness escalates to danger. Witnessing Adrian's highly dysfunctional, sometimes violent, family gives Jake new perspective on his own situation.

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Title Tracktown Summer
Author Elizabeth Ann Holmes
Binding Hardback
Edition Edition
Pages 248
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Dutton Books
Publication date 2009-06-11
ISBN 9780525479468 / 0525479465
Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
Dimensions 8.18 x 5.98 x 1.01 in (20.78 x 15.19 x 2.57 cm)
Age range 10 to UP years
Grade levels 5 - UP
Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
Library of Congress subjects Family problems, Fathers and sons
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008034223
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Elizabeth Holmes lives in Ithaca, New York. She earned her MFA in poetry from Cornell University and is a published poet. This is her second novel for young readers.

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