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It is 1968, and 16-year-old Jon and his friends form a tight friendship in which they find in each other everything they lack at home and plot to leave their dead-end town. The plot contains pervasive profanity, sexual situations, and graphic violence.
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5 editions- Paperback · EnglishPortobello Books Ltd · 9781846274992
- Other · English · 2014Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 288 pages · 9780393348835
- Other · English · 2014Portobello Books · 288 pages · 9781846275005
- Other · English · 2013W.W. Norton & Company · 283 pages · 9780393239751
- Other · English · 2013Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 288 pages · 9780393240511
Teenage boysLife change eventsVietnam War, 1961-1975FictionBildungsromansTeenagersBoysRoman