Coming of Age Novels

Last Days of Summer: Joey Margolis is a 12-year old Jewish boy who has just moved with his mother and aunt to pre-World War II Brooklyn. His parents have recently divorced and his father avoids him, leaving Joey lonely and defenseless against the neighborhood bullies. Desperate for a friend, Joey starts writing to Charlie Banks, a rising star for the New York Giants. Author Steve Kluger uses a creative mix of newspaper clippings, school report cards, letters and postcards, therapist's notes and other documents to reveal the developing relationship between Joey and Charlie, two iconoclastic, irrepressible and unpredictable personalities. Two years of correspondence speeds by in a flash--this is a one day read and worth every minute!!