This is the second (I believe) book about Gordy. The first one is "Stepping on the Cracks." I haven't read the first one and I was just fine. Gordy has been living with his grandma after his abusive dad and doormat mom have left him and his sister June there. He is doing really well, but then tragedy strikes and he has to return to his hometown to live with his brother. Everyone in his old town knows him as a trouble maker from a trouble making family and he is not sure he can change their mind. It never says what year it takes place in, but they talk a lot about people serving in the war so I think it is the late 1940s early 1950s. You can also tell by the dialogue. I found it charming. There is no swearing which is a nice change from some of today's realistic fiction. If I have time, I do believe I am going to make a point to read "Stepping on the Cracks" to read about Gordy's life before he had to go live with his grandma.
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