River Season by Jim Black (2003)
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Overview: In a small Texas town in 1966, a thirteen-year-old boy named Jim looks forward to a long summer. With his two best friends, Charles and Gary, he shares the tomfoolery and rites of summer typical of boys their age: baseball, playing practical jokes, telling scary tales, hanging out at the local barbershop, mowing lawns for pocket money, and teasing pretty girls. Fishing, however, is a pleasure Jim prefers to enjoy alone—until he meets Sam. When Jim first discovers Sam, an older African-American man who lives on the edge of town, fishing in his own favorite spot, he is unsure of how to feel about the intrusion. He had always taken comfort in his secluded fishing hole, where he found peace in solitude and could think about the bigger questions on his mind. But Jim quickly becomes attached to Sam, who slowly takes on the role of father figure to the boy. Together the two form a remarkable relationship, discussing the loss of Jim’s alcoholic father, Sam’s years playing baseball in the Negro Leagues, the subtle—and not so subtle—racial tensions in their community, the confusing feelings of Tim’s first crush on a girl, and the meaning of true love. With a nod to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, River Season is a moving tale of a relationship that transcends any age—and one that will especially resonate with anyone who grew up in a small town in America.
Genre: Coming of Age semi-autobiographical memoir
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