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Lake Wobegon summer 1956  Cover Image Book Book

Lake Wobegon summer 1956 / Garrison Keillor.

Keillor, Garrison. (Author).

Summary:

During the summer of 1956, fourteen-year-old geek Gary struggles with the hormonal pains and obsessions of puberty as he experiences a passionate devotion to his rebellious cousin Kate and pursues his dream of becoming a writer, but when Kate gets into trouble with the local basketball star, Gary is forced to deal with the first pangs of a broken heart.

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  • ISBN: 0142000930
  • ISBN: 9780142000939
  • ISBN: 9781417617678
  • ISBN: 1417617675
  • Physical Description: 291 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2002.

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General Note:
Fist published in the United States of America by Viking in 2001.
Subject: Lake Wobegon (Minn. : Imaginary place) > Fiction.
Minnesota > Fiction.
Genre: Humorous fiction.

Summary: During the summer of 1956, fourteen-year-old geek Gary struggles with the hormonal pains and obsessions of puberty as he experiences a passionate devotion to his rebellious cousin Kate and pursues his dream of becoming a writer, but when Kate gets into trouble with the local basketball star, Gary is forced to deal with the first pangs of a broken heart.

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