Overview
Being fourteen is especially hard in 1956, when the world is changing around you. Honor student Paula Levy was born into a family of historical victims: her motherās youth was lost in the Depression and her fatherās was destroyed in the Holocaust, an as-yet-unnamed event about which no one speaks. But Paula has heard the new music taking hold of the nationārock and rollāand it has given her hope. And she has two friends to get her through lifeās ups and downs: Holden Caulfield, hero of Catcher in the Rye, who shares her view of the world, and Barbara, a ācoolā girl in her high school who unexpectedly shares Paulaās view of Holden.
Paulaās mother is not a fan of Barbara, and she prohibits her daughter from associating with her. Paula manages to get around her motherās rule and see Barbara anywayābut when Paula asks the wrong questions about her fatherās past and Barbara is caught with her āboyfriend,ā their private world of Holden, rock, and Elvis Presley crumbles. Angry with the adults in their lives, the two girls run away to find Barbaraās real father, a jazz musician. Disappointingly, he does not live in a mansion or socialize with Elvisābut Paula and Barbara may get something even better than a brush with celebrity by the end of their journey.
This book title, All Shook Up (A Novel), ISBN: 9781684632640, by Enid Langbert, published by She Writes Press (September 10, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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