Down Sand Mountain
$63.89
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2008
Summary
Down Sand Mountain: A Coming-of-Age Story
In a tale full of humor and poignancy, a sheltered twelve-year-old boy comes of age in a small Florida mining town amid the changing mores of the 1960s.
It’s 1966 and Dewey Turner is determined to start the school year right. No more being the brunt of every joke. No more “Deweyitis.” But after he stains his face with shoe polish trying to mimic the popular Shoeshine Boy at the minstrel show, he begins seventh grade …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780763638399 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0763638390 |
| Author: | Steve Watkins |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2008 |
| Weight: | 483g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 139mm x 27mm |
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Critics Review
The simple, beautiful prose remains totally true to the child’s bewildered viewpointireaders will be haunted. Booklist (starred review)
The simple, beautiful prose remains totally true to the child’s bewildered viewpoint…readers will be haunted.—Booklist (starred review)
About The Author
Steve Watkins
Steve Watkins is the author of the novels Down Sand Mountain, What Comes After, and Juvie. A retired professor of journalism, creative writing, and Vietnam War literature, he now teaches Ashtanga yoga and works with the child-advocacy organization CASA. Steve Watkins lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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