Old Man
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Dundurn Press · Ebook · January 26, 2013
A trip with his estranged father changes Nate forever.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in a strained father-son relationship shaped by a road trip
- Themes
- Father-son estrangement, Vietnam War trauma, Personal change
- Genres
- YA Stories About Parents, 20th-Century US YA
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A trip with his estranged father changes Nate forever. Commended for the Popular Paperback Young Adults Pick, 2014 and short-listed for the Forest of Reading - White Pine Award for Fiction, 2014 Just as summer vacation is about to arrive, Nate Huffmanâs plans are unexpectedly shelved for the most unlikely of reasons: the reappearance of his estranged father. Not only is the old man back, heâs got this goofy idea about a road trip the two of them will take.
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Nate finds himself in a pickup with a man he canât stand. His father wants to reconnect, and he wants Nate to really understand him. Larry Huffman has chosen to make this happen by taking his son into his own past, which has the Vietnam War as its centrepiece. As the two struggle their way through the jungle of the Ashau Valley, the old man relives the horror of the battle that changed him forever, and Nate undergoes changes of his own â and they experience something that goes far beyond what either of them expected.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in a strained father-son relationship shaped by a road trip
- Readers drawn to stories involving the Vietnam War and its lasting effects
Where it sits
| 20th-Century US YA | 84% |
|---|---|
| YA Stories About Parents | 58% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Boys & Men
- YA Stories About Parents
- Authors
- David A. Poulsen
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Published
- January 26, 2013
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Father-son estrangement · Vietnam War trauma · Personal change
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Boys & Men