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BILLY GOAT HILL Reviewed by Library Journal, April 2005
Los Angeles, 1958: although eight-year-old Wade Parker boasts to the other kids...
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...that he can run the Crippler (a race in a cardboard canoe down a steep hill made up of razor-sharp rocks, cacti, tree stumps, and metal debris), he isn't sure it's possible. What can he do, though, when Gooey dares him? So with his little brother, Wade sneaks out of the house to prove his "manhood." When the other kids don't show up Wade is relieved--until a biker gang appears and spots the two brothers. Enter the police. It looks like an ugly showdown is about to transpire. What happens next will change Wade Parker's life forever. An admirable first novel, this coming-of-age tale and its believable characters will appeal especially to male readers. Born and raised in Southern California, Morris now makes his home in Oregon.
BILLY GOAT HILL is recommended for public libraries.
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