Cory Mackenson is helping his father on his morning milk round when a car plunges into a lake. Cory's father makes an attempt to save the driver, but on reaching the sinking car comes face-to-face with a man handcuffed to the steering wheel. The author also wrote "Swan Song" and "Stinger".
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Cory Mackenson is helping his father on his morning milk round when a car plunges into a lake. Cory's father makes an attempt to save the driver, but on reaching the sinking car comes face-to-face with a man handcuffed to the steering wheel. The author also wrote "Swan Song" and "Stinger".
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Good. All pages and cover are intact. Possible slightly loose binding, minor highlighting and marginalia, cocked spine or torn dust jacket. Maybe an ex-library copy and not include the accompanying CDs, access codes or other supplemental materials.
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Fair. Buy with confidence! Comes with our 100% money back guarantee! ! Tracking included with every order! ! ! The cover has curled corners....The cover may have stickers or sticker residue on it....Cover is showing signs of some creases....The pages show normal wear....
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Fair. Mass market paperback in ACCEPTABLE condition. Book is perfectly usable, but has heavy wear or cosmetic issues which may include a cocked spine, creased spine, heavy wear, yellowed pages, price stickers, etc. Cover art may be different from that in photo.
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Good. This is a former library book with library stickers and stamps. 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization!
Boy's Life is a well written book which will remind us of the wonderful years of our childhood. Narrated in first person by the 12 year old Corry ? the story is sure to capture its readers with its honestly and unique view points on life, friendship and responsibility. We get to observe the protagonist of the story as he is growing and changing throughout the novel in many ways.
bookboy
May 17, 2007
Entertaining . . .
This is a fairly entertaining novel that reads more like a collection of loosely connected stories held together by the common thread of the murder mystery that haunts Cory's father.
Characters appear and disappear that have no bearing on the outcome of the novel. Event occurs that do not further the story along. Even the death of one major character halfway through is pretty lackluster. That character could have stayed alive and it would not have changed the outcome of the novel at all.
Nemo Curtiss and his amazing throwing arm was a great character but he's out of the story before you know it. I wished there was more of Old Moses. I was hoping he would have played a greater role in the story than his one and only appearance during the flood. And the mystery is solved, or rather we're told who did it by perpetually nude Vernon Thaxter 3/4 of the way into the novel. Then there's another 1/4 to go through before getting to the conclusion.
Essentially the story could have been told in half the length but it is very entertaining, fantastical and fun. It's not a horror story but rather a murder mystery peppered with fantasy and the supernatural. A good read but I wouldn't read it again.
