Clearwater Summer

John E. Keegans book, Clearwater Summer, is a tale about a young, teenager named Will Bradford who is introduced into the harsh adult world by the events one summer in a small Pacific Northwest town. The boy must make a decision that will change him and the town forever. Packing the punch of Stephen King's novella, The Body [Stand By Me], a classic of small-town life disrupted by violent death, this carefully crafted first novel is, in its turn, highly recommended.Library Journal