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Jitterbugg (Bugg books)
EN USISBN: 0865928126 bzw. 9780865928121, in Englisch, Rourke Enterprises, Incorporated, gebraucht.
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children's,children's books,6 - 8 years,9 - 12 years, Jitterbugg, Jack Veeder is dying. Soon. And that impending event brings his son Jimmy back to the Imperial Valley of southern California just north of the Calexico/Mexicali border. Jimmy hopes he can spend what time his father has left laughing and reminiscing. But Jack's got one dying request. He needs Jimmy to find a Mexican prostitute named Yolanda.Enlisting the help of his boyhood friend Bobby Maves, the pair stumbles through the violent, the exploited, and the corrupted of Mexicali. It doesn't take long before they're in over their heads. And as Jimmy tries to survive the dangers of the Mexicali underworld, he unwittingly uncovers truths about his father he never imagined, forcing Jimmy to come to terms with the man he thought he knew, and to decide just what sort of man he wants to become."[Johnny Shaw] is excellent at creating a sense of place with a few deft strokes... he moves effortlessly between dark comedy and moments that pack a real emotional punch, and he's got a knack for off-kilter characters who are completely at home in their own personal corners of oddballdom."- Tana French, author of In the Woods, Faithful Place.
children's,children's books,6 - 8 years,9 - 12 years, Jitterbugg, Jack Veeder is dying. Soon. And that impending event brings his son Jimmy back to the Imperial Valley of southern California just north of the Calexico/Mexicali border. Jimmy hopes he can spend what time his father has left laughing and reminiscing. But Jack's got one dying request. He needs Jimmy to find a Mexican prostitute named Yolanda.Enlisting the help of his boyhood friend Bobby Maves, the pair stumbles through the violent, the exploited, and the corrupted of Mexicali. It doesn't take long before they're in over their heads. And as Jimmy tries to survive the dangers of the Mexicali underworld, he unwittingly uncovers truths about his father he never imagined, forcing Jimmy to come to terms with the man he thought he knew, and to decide just what sort of man he wants to become."[Johnny Shaw] is excellent at creating a sense of place with a few deft strokes... he moves effortlessly between dark comedy and moments that pack a real emotional punch, and he's got a knack for off-kilter characters who are completely at home in their own personal corners of oddballdom."- Tana French, author of In the Woods, Faithful Place.
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Jitterbugg (Bugg books) (1985)
EN USISBN: 9780865928121 bzw. 0865928126, in Englisch, Rourke Enterprises, gebraucht.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, rentrah59.
Jitterbugg always dances alone until he brings his little sister along to the dance. Unknown Binding, Label: Rourke Enterprises, Rourke Enterprises, Product group: Book, Published: 1985, Studio: Rourke Enterprises, Sales rank: 10081578.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, rentrah59.
Jitterbugg always dances alone until he brings his little sister along to the dance. Unknown Binding, Label: Rourke Enterprises, Rourke Enterprises, Product group: Book, Published: 1985, Studio: Rourke Enterprises, Sales rank: 10081578.
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