A01=Mark Poirier
american south west
Author_Mark Poirier
books for kids teenagers
broken home
Category=FBA
comic funny
coming of age
difficult family life
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goats
growing up
modern ranch living
naked pueblo
original offbeat
subversive
teenage novel
tucson arizona
unsung heroes of american industry
violent entertaining
weird smart clever
Product details
- ISBN 9780747571759
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 16 Jan 2006
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The weather is hotter than hell in Tucson, Arizona, and weird things are afoot in the crumbling desert community of Rancho Sin Vacas. Sixteen-year-old Kendra hones her muscles and grapples with bad grammar, occasionally worrying about her brother, Thomas, who spends all day watching wrestling on TV. Their neighbour Merv is stuck in a rut, still living at home at thirty and looking after his troubled mother. When the strung-out teenager from over the road, Kendra's sometime-boyfriend, goes missing it affects them all in different and surprising ways. And although Kendra is apparently unconcerned, claiming that he's just run away, she can't shake the feeling that something strange is in the air this summer.
Mark Jude Poirier grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He is the author of two short story collections, Naked Pueblo and Unsung Heroes of American Industry, and the novel Goats. He teaches at Bennington College in Vermont.
