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The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawns, and new sneakers. Of half-burnt firecrackers, of gathering dandelions, of Grandma's belly-busting dinner. It was a summer of sorrows and marvels and gold-fuzzed bees. A magical, timeless summer in the life of a twelve-year-old boy named Douglas Spaulding--remembered forever by the incomparable Ray Bradbury. The only god living in Green Town, Illinois, that Douglas Spaulding knew of. The facts about John Huff, aged twelve, are simple and soon stated. - He could pathfind more trails than any Choctaw or Cherokee since time began.
- Could leap from the sky like a chimpanzee from a vine.
- Could live underwater two minutes and slide fifty yards downstream.
- Could hit baseballs into apple trees, knocking down harvests.
- Could jump six-foot orchard walls.
- Ran laughing.
- Sat easy.
- Was not a bully.
- Was kind.
- Knew the words to all the cowboy songs and would teach you if you asked.
- Knew the names of all the wild flowers and when the moon would rise or set and when the tides came in or out. He was, in fact, the only god living in the whole of Green Town, Illinois, during the twentieth century that Douglas Spaulding knew of. " Ray] Bradbury is an authentic original."--Time
- Could leap from the sky like a chimpanzee from a vine.
- Could live underwater two minutes and slide fifty yards downstream.
- Could hit baseballs into apple trees, knocking down harvests.
- Could jump six-foot orchard walls.
- Ran laughing.
- Sat easy.
- Was not a bully.
- Was kind.
- Knew the words to all the cowboy songs and would teach you if you asked.
- Knew the names of all the wild flowers and when the moon would rise or set and when the tides came in or out. He was, in fact, the only god living in the whole of Green Town, Illinois, during the twentieth century that Douglas Spaulding knew of. " Ray] Bradbury is an authentic original."--Time
- Format: MassMarketPaperback
- Author: Bradbury, Ray D.
- ISBN: 9780553277531
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 6.94 x 0.70
- Number Of Pages: 256
- Publication Year: 1985
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A Delicious Summer Concoction
Jeffery J. - 1 year 6 months agoDandelion Wine is a lyrical coming-of-age story by the great Ray Bradbury. The story is all about the magic, wonder, and mystery of life as seen through a Summer in a small mid-western town. No Science-Fiction here as Bradbury manages to create another world within the very real one in which we live. This impressionistic, semi-autobiographical classic is a treat for many ages and one that will stay with you like a sweet memory long after you've finished.
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One summer in the Midwest turns into a time Douglas will never forget.
Zach Y. - 6 years 10 months agoDandelion Wine is more than a story about young boys enjoying their summer break. It's about a feeling. The feeling of how much we crave those long days and warm nights. There's a magic to summer, a freedom of movement after being stuck inside for six long months. That's what Dandelion Wine is to me, a stretching of my imagination after the doldrums of normal life. The story is expansive with incredible inventors, hilarious witch covens, and a murderer stalking the night. It's a quick read that will make you want to turn it over to the first page and start again right away.
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