Junebug
Square Fish · Print & ebook · May 26, 2009
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- Who it’s for
- A child’s dream of sailing gives this story a hopeful thread through life in the projects.
- Themes
- Dreams of escape, Pressure to join gangs, Childhood wishes
- Genres
- US: African American Stories, Friendship, Boys & Men
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Some of the stuff that goes on in the Auburn Street Projects, I'm never gonna do. These projects are like some kind of never-never land, like they never got put on a regular map. Nobody comes around here on purpose. It's as if we all got lost, right in the middle of the city. Reeve McClain, Jr. -- Junebug -- has decided to skip his birthday.
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Since ten is the age when boys in the projects are forced to join gangs or are ensnared by drug dealers, Junebug would rather remain nine. Still, he does have a birthday wish: to someday become a ship's captain and sail away. So Junebug comes up with a plan to launch a flotilla, fifty glass bottles containing notes with his wish, in the hope that someone somewhere will help to make his dream come true.
A Wish Afloat
A child’s dream of sailing gives this story a hopeful thread through life in the projects.
Come here for
- A young narrator’s wish to become a ship’s captain
- Fifty bottles carrying a hope beyond home
Expect
- Childhood longing alongside pressure to grow up too soon
- Hope held alongside hard choices
Where it sits
| US: African American Stories | 70% |
|---|---|
| Friendship | 42% |
| Boys & Men | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US: African American Stories
- Drugs & Addiction
- Violence & Safety
- Authors
- Alice Mead
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- May 26, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Dreams of escape · Pressure to join gangs · Childhood wishes
- Reading lane
- US: African American Stories