Frank, a dark-skinned old man, is found dead in No Name Creek under the railroad trestle. The local small town kids unravel the mysteries surrounding the old man they called Friend. In the l960 s, the idea of a friend over 30, a grown-up they could call by first name, a friend with no last name who liked to visit and teach them interesting stuff was reactionary and now he was dead The grown-ups ignored him. No one knew or cared who he was except the kids. Surviving life controlled by rigid codes of conduct, every move monitored by grown-ups (and the local...
Book Description
Frank, a dark-skinned old man, is found dead in No Name Creek under the railroad trestle. The local small town kids unrave...
Frank, a dark-skinned old man, is found dead in No Name Creek under the railroad trestle. The local small town kids unravel the mysteries surrounding the old man they called Friend. In the l960 s, the idea of a friend over 30, a grown-up they could call by first name, a friend with no last name who liked to visit and teach them interesting stuff was reactionary and now he was dead The grown-ups ignored him. No one knew or cared who he was except the kids. Surviving life controlled by rigid codes of conduct, every move monitored by grown-ups (and the local...
Book Description
Frank, a dark-skinned old man, is found dead in No Name Creek under the railroad trestle. The local small town kids unrave...
Book Two starts with a bang-well, really-a crash. Meanderthaller friend, Johnnie T crashes a gang picnic under the trestle in a surprise return from Texas and lands a bad-busted arm in his fall. Doc Bucky and other grown-ups to the rescue. The gangs first "old" friend, Frank, is dead and gone, but his no-count giving and goldstone heart awards continue. With earning a goldstone heart award in mind, the Meanderthallers volunteer to help Franks friend, ol Mose, with yard and garden work. Little C becomes friends with Koishka, his old reprobate of a cat, and ol Mose becomes their new/old friend....
Book Two starts with a bang-well, really-a crash. Meanderthaller friend, Johnnie T crashes a gang picnic under the trestle in a surprise return from T...
