Seventeen-year-old Jim Glass falls in love in rural North Carolina as World War II looms in the background.
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Seventeen-year-old Jim Glass falls in love in rural North Carolina as World War II looms in the background.
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...
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Teen protagonist's intense romantic attraction and emotional longing for a classmate.
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Racial prejudice depicted as part of the social backdrop.
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References to child abuse, teen pregnancy, and racial prejudice.
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