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Surface Tension
A Novel in Four Summers
By Runyon, Brent
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37584-446-1 978-0-37594-446-8
- Publisher
- Knopf
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2009
Gr 9-Up Every summer, Luke and his parents take a two-week vacation at their cabin on a lake. The story follows the boy over the course of four summers: at 13, 14, 15, and 16. From early teen excitedness to midteen pretension, this is a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2009
The body of water in this pensive summertime novel is a lake, not a river, but narrator Luke still can't step in it twice. "Everything changes, I guess. That's not really a surprise, but I still don't really like it." Luke makes this observation in reference to the changes he notices out the car window—repainted houses, torn-down barns, a farm converted to a touristy winery, etc.—during his family's annual ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Starting with Luke's thirteenth year and ending with his sixteenth, Runyon's first-person narrative shows how the same vacation spot evo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
