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Fifteen-year-old Sammy di Cantini, resident of a mining region of Pennsylvania, is determined to rise above his class, falls disastrously in love with a Protestant, and visits his Mafia brother in New York where he becomes involved in impossible struggles.
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3 editions- Other · English · 1987Curley · 333 pages · 9781555042981
- Other · English · 1986patch boysJ. Curley · 333 pages · 9781555044589
- Other · English · 1986H. Holt · 218 pages · 9780805000474
FictionTeenage boysItalian AmericansLarge type booksFiction, generalItalian americans, fictionPennsylvania, fiction