Boomer Magic! Reading Heroes & Hooligans Growing Up in the City of Saints is like eating a bowl of mashed potatoes and gravy. It's comfort food for your soul.If you love American Graffiti and Tom Sawyer, you'll love these books about growing up in 1963. Reminisce about the good ol' days when kids didn't have helicopter parents, the TVs were black and white, and only stores had air conditioning. Buy both books in the Growing Up in the City of Saints series today.You'll feel Mickey's fear when he's chased by bullies, and his envy when he sees the cool greasers driving their hot rods and motorcycles. These coming-of-age humorous vignettes will help you remember the exhilaration you felt when your parents didn't know what you were doing with your friends at the creek, in the sewers, and after dark.Get both books in the series today and you won't miss one story about Mickey and his friends growing up in the city of saints. These books make a great gift set for your parents or friends.These laugh out loud stories tell heart-warming tales about boys who are expected to act like saints. The books describe the people, their clothes, the games they played, and the food they ate in vivid detail. The boys are always being chased by hooligans who want to take their money. They have adventures in school and on camp outs in their backyard. They get dirty crawling in sewers, running along creeks, and playing baseball. You will keep guessing what happens next as you see yourself and your friends in this book.Let's meet some of the memorable characters in the books.Mickey is the 10-year-old main character. He's growing up in 1963, a year of change. It's impossible to keep his parents and the nuns happy while he avoids getting beat up by the hooligans bullying him and his friends. He and his buddies love to play baseball while they run the streets looking for adventure."Streak has blonde wavy hair and stands six feet tall and ramrod straight. His muscles bulge out of the black sleeveless t-shirt he wears with skintight blue jeans, wide black belt with a big silver buckle, and black motorcycle boots with silver chains across the tops. Streak oozes cool.""Sister Henry doesn't tell us what to do. She is shepherding us with silent, subtle commando orders like slightly nodding her head, narrowing her eyes, or cocking and twisting her head. All of her commands are accompanied by her unspoken threat, "Do what I'm telling you or there will be swift punishment.""Stubby is the funniest kid. He is short and as round a playground ball. He is the spitting image of 'Curly' of the Three Stooges, and he can imitate every facial expression, sound effect, joke and gimmick Curly ever used. He doesn't stop clowning around until somebody wets his pants."
✔ Author(s): Dennis James Ganahl
✔ Title: Heroes & Hooligans Growing Up in the City of Saints
✔ Rating : 5 out of 5 base on (14 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 0692861416
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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