Hinsdale: The Summer of '58

by Donald Kirk

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Junior teen novel.The humorous exploits of the author when he was ten years old. Three industrious kids spend their summer getting into all kinds of hilarious adventures in their hometown of Hinsdale, Illinois. Each chapter is a stand-alone short story and many episodes revolve around building projects of the narrator. Fifteen thrilling stories including, "The Train to Downer's Grove," "The Mysterious Talking Board," "The Soapbox Derby," 'Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume," and "The Candy Machine." The back cover reads: "[The boys] build a Ferris wheel and a candy dispensing machine for the neighborhood kids that gets them into hot water, not to mention what happens when fishing for piranhas and lost treasure in the nearby cattail swamp...Donald, a resourceful inventor, narrates his own story and is destined to become the next Tom Sawyer."
  • ISBN10 1257484109
  • ISBN13 9781257484102
  • Publish Date 31 October 2011
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 23 January 2013
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Lulu.com
  • Format eBook (OEB)
  • Language English