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First published in 2011 by Viking, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

 

 

Copyright © Rich Wallace, 2011
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“Get Together”
Words and Music by Chet Powers
Copyright © 1963 IRVING MUSIC, INC.
Copyright Renewed.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

 

Summary: As the summer of 1969 turns to fall in their New Jersey town,
twelve-year-old Brody plays football in his first year at junior high while his
older brother’s protest of the war in Vietnam causes tension with their father.

eISBN : 978-1-101-52440-4

[1. Brothers—Fiction. 2. Fathers and sons—Fiction. 3. Vietnam War, 1961–1975
—Protest movements—Fiction. 4. United States—History—1969—Fiction.
5. Football—Fiction. 6. Junior high schools—Fiction. 7. Schools—Fiction.
8. Family life—NewJersey—Fiction. 9. New Jersey—History—20th century—Fiction.]

I. Title.
PZ7.W15877War 2011
[Fic]—dc22
2010041043

 

 

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