This is a wonderful book that preaches a real value system amidst the backdrop or consumer-driven Long Island.The book explores cliques, family values, and suburbia in a way that no other ever has.It's a 'Catcher in the Rye' for suburban values.It's well written, the plot moves along well, and has lots of ingenious devices to intrigue young minds.
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This was my favorite of Krumgold's books. I prefer it over Onion John or And Now Miguel. Perhaps this is because it is about a smart kid, and I was a smart kid.Henry's ambitious dad wants everybody in the family to act so as to be a credit to himself - he seems to see his whole family as an extension of himself - even as a child I thought him immature and selfish. But he doesn't come into the story all that much, until the...
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