The Blue Star Contributor(s): Earley, Tony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316008052 ISBN-13: 9780316008051 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: Jim Glass, the precocious 10-year-old at the heart of Earley's bestseller "Jim the Boy," is now a teenager, returning in another tender and wise story of young love set on the eve of World War II. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.92" W x 8.33" (0.66 lbs) 336 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 121982 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Seven years ago, readers everywhere fell in love with Jim Glass, the precocious ten-year-old at the heart of Tony Earley's bestseller Jim the Boy. Now a teenager, Jim returns in another tender and wise story of young love on the eve of World War Two. Jim Glass has fallen in love, as only a teenage boy can fall in love, with his classmate Chrissie Steppe. Unfortunately, Chrissie is Bucky Bucklaw's girlfriend, and Bucky has joined the Navy on the eve of war. Jim vows to win Chrissie's heart in his absence, but the war makes high school less than a safe haven, and gives a young man's emotions a grown man's gravity. |