The author recalls his experiences as a migrant laborer and carnival worker after he ran away from home at age sixteen. In this autobiographical, coming-of-age memoir, Paulsen tells the raw truth of a boy's first summer on his own, "as real, ' he says, "as I can see it." An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults.
- ISBN10 0606241213
- ISBN13 9780606241212
- Publish Date 1 January 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 July 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Turtleback Books
- Edition Turtleback School & Library ed.
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Language English