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The city boy

by Herman Wouk

Middle grade · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 780L · 1980

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Why we'd hand it over

A warmly observed coming-of-age about a smart kid learning to belong in unfamiliar territory—Wouk's ear for dialogue and Jewish humor lifts what could be a stock summer-camp plot.

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