Another novel that made me laugh and cry! Am I emotional this summer or what? I really wasn't expecting to like this adult novel simply because of the cover, but I was pleasantly surprised. Jim (the same Jim in Earley's Jim the Boy) is now a senior in high school. He broke up with Norma, the girl his mom wanted him to marry. And now he's fallen in love with Chrissie, who is 1/2 Cherokee, poor as dirt, and has beautiful, shining black hair. But Chrissie is the fiance of Bucky who is currently serving in the Navy. What should Jim do? This is one heck of a romance. Add in the comical uncles and a backstory of a romance of one of the uncles for some parallelism and you have a great tale. Think of a combination of Mayberry, Little House on the Prairie, and Richard Peck novels. Except make it the early 1940s!
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