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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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