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Houghton Mifflin
June 2007
On Sale: June 12, 2007
480 pages
ISBN: 0618872647
EAN: 9780618872640
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Young Adult Adventure
Rigby John Klusener is hitchhiking to San Francisco. The year is 1967, the town is Pocatello, Idaho. Fresh out of high school, Rigby John is leaving behind a pregnant ex- girlfriend, a depressed mother, a distant father, and the haydust of his harsh small-town Catholic upbringing. As he stands by the side of the road desperately waiting for that one ride out, he reflects on the events that brought him there: the discovery of love, friendship, literature, and all the small joys that set him free. At once a tale of sexual awakening, racial enlightenment, and personal epiphany, Now Is the Hour is the disarming and sweetly winning story of one unforgettable teenager who dares to hope for a different life. Set in an era of cultural upheaval, woven through with moral dilemmas and universal themes, Now Is the Hour is destined to become a reading group favorite, as did Spanbauers novel The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon.
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