Notes

228 p First published in 1969 "This anniversary edition features reflections from Brent Hartinger (Geography Club), Martin Wilson (What they always tell us), and Kathleen T. Horning (Director of the Cooperative Children's Book Centre), with a foreword by Stacey Donovan (Dive)."--Back cover
Summary:
While trying to cope with his alcoholic mother and absent father, a lonely New York City teenager develops a confusing crush on another boy