AR Book Level
4.5
AR Points
7
Word Count
48,909
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
102520 EN

About this book

In the summer of 1965, sixteen-year-old Paul Sutton trades his family's farm for a job at a small-town gas station, where his strict religious upbringing is tested by a colorful cast of coworkers and customers. He meets Kirk, an angry manager; Harry, a reclusive gangster; and a group of free-spirited hippies, each of whom broaden his view of the world. A budding romance with the popular Peggy and a secret connection to the elusive Dale add stakes to his summer of discovery. As the season progresses, Paul must reconcile his old-fashioned values with the rapidly shifting cultural currents of the era.

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