The Balboa Boys and the Mystery of the Big Gyp edition by Kevin O'Leary Alexander von Ness Literature Fiction eBooks
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In the last gasp weeks of 1957, nine-year-old pals Rand and Will patrol their sleepy California beach town investigating their greatest mystery yet the Big Gyp. Like their heroes Frank and Joe Hardy, the boys sleuth out secrets hiding in plain sight. New, man-made objects arc across the night sky, replacing Santa and his sleigh – fathers and mothers seem on the verge of big, unspoken changes – and a haunted mansion pulls at them like a strong Pacific tide. Clues begin to piece together a darker truth hidden in Christmas and the promise of the New Year. Inevitably, their detective work sweeps them toward an adult world spinning on another axis. And the boys find themselves confronting a holiday season among the dunes and winter fog more puzzling than any before. The mystery they solve will change their friendship – and possibly end it.
“Kevin O'Leary has written a timeless tale, capturing an American moment that transcends national borders and the confines of yesterday, to resonate with today's worldwide readership."
The Balboa Boys and the Mystery of the Big Gyp edition by Kevin O'Leary Alexander von Ness Literature Fiction eBooks
This perceptive novel takes us on a nostalgic journey to Balboa, a seacoast resort in California, during the last weeks of 1957. The story deftly inserts us into the boyhood minds and hearts of two friends at the cusp of adolescence. Childhood fantasies persist yet are beginning to relent to a wider recognition of the world as it is. Or, rather, as it was at that pivotal time in American history. The nation, traumatized by the brutality of World War Two and Korea, was still self-soothing with an idealized identity tailored by Disney and television reveries like Leave It to Beaver. Meanwhile, wide-ranging problems loomed: the grim showdown of the Cold War, the first-stirrings of the Vietnam nightmare, and the social challenges of civil rights and the coming sexual revolution. That disparity between the American Dream and the American Reality is the Big Gyp of the book's title. This unsettling ambiguity touches these two young friends, the Balboa Boys, in preconscious ways that the author dramatizes with tenderness and emotional wisdom. The tough vulnerability of the boys' friendship is charming, smart and honest. Leavened by humor and illuminated by radiant reminiscences of that singular time and lyrical place, their adventures glitter with joy! A joy that shines all the brighter against a backdrop of dark self-knowledge. This coming-of-age story engagingly speaks to us of the wonder of childhood imagination as it morphs into the serious curiosity of discovery - and the sad beauty of growing up.Product details
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This perceptive novel takes us on a nostalgic journey to Balboa, a seacoast resort in California, during the last weeks of 1957. The story deftly inserts us into the boyhood minds and hearts of two friends at the cusp of adolescence. Childhood fantasies persist yet are beginning to relent to a wider recognition of the world as it is. Or, rather, as it was at that pivotal time in American history. The nation, traumatized by the brutality of World War Two and Korea, was still self-soothing with an idealized identity tailored by Disney and television reveries like Leave It to Beaver. Meanwhile, wide-ranging problems loomed the grim showdown of the Cold War, the first-stirrings of the Vietnam nightmare, and the social challenges of civil rights and the coming sexual revolution. That disparity between the American Dream and the American Reality is the Big Gyp of the book's title. This unsettling ambiguity touches these two young friends, the Balboa Boys, in preconscious ways that the author dramatizes with tenderness and emotional wisdom. The tough vulnerability of the boys' friendship is charming, smart and honest. Leavened by humor and illuminated by radiant reminiscences of that singular time and lyrical place, their adventures glitter with joy! A joy that shines all the brighter against a backdrop of dark self-knowledge. This coming-of-age story engagingly speaks to us of the wonder of childhood imagination as it morphs into the serious curiosity of discovery - and the sad beauty of growing up.
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