Eli the Good

Kids, Teen, Social Issues, General Fiction, Fiction
Cover of the book Eli the Good by Silas House, Candlewick Press
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Author: Silas House ISBN: 9780763651732
Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication: March 16, 2010
Imprint: Candlewick Press Language: English
Author: Silas House
ISBN: 9780763651732
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication: March 16, 2010
Imprint: Candlewick Press
Language: English

Bicentennial fireworks burn the sky. Bob Seger growls from a transistor radio. And down by the river girls line up on lawn chairs in pursuit of the perfect tan. Yet for ten-year-old Eli Book the summer of 1976 will go down as the one that threatened to tear his family apart. There is his beautiful and distant mother; his traumatized Vietnam vet dad; his wild and confused sister; his former war-protester aunt who moves in under mysterious circumstances; and his tough yet troubled best friend Edie the only person with whom he can completely be himself. As tempers flare and his fathers nightmares rage Eli watches from the sidelines but soon even he cannot escape the current of conflict. From the award-winning Silas House comes a tender look at the complexities of childhood and the realities of wara quintessentially Southern novel filled with music nostalgic detail a deep respect for nature and the powerful sense of place that House is hailed for.

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Bicentennial fireworks burn the sky. Bob Seger growls from a transistor radio. And down by the river girls line up on lawn chairs in pursuit of the perfect tan. Yet for ten-year-old Eli Book the summer of 1976 will go down as the one that threatened to tear his family apart. There is his beautiful and distant mother; his traumatized Vietnam vet dad; his wild and confused sister; his former war-protester aunt who moves in under mysterious circumstances; and his tough yet troubled best friend Edie the only person with whom he can completely be himself. As tempers flare and his fathers nightmares rage Eli watches from the sidelines but soon even he cannot escape the current of conflict. From the award-winning Silas House comes a tender look at the complexities of childhood and the realities of wara quintessentially Southern novel filled with music nostalgic detail a deep respect for nature and the powerful sense of place that House is hailed for.

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