Four Miles to Pinecone (Fawcett Juniper) - Softcover

Hassler, Jon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0449703231 ISBN 13: 9780449703236

Publisher: Fawcett Books, 1991

Synopsis

He was an eyewitness to a crime that his best friend committed. . . .

"It all started the day school ended"

That was when my English teacher decided not to flunk me--if I wrote a long story during my summer vacation. My name's Tom Barry. I'm sixteen, and I really do want to be a junior next year at the high school in St. Paul where I live. But with my full-time job at Mr. Kerr's grocery store, I didn't think I'd have enough time to do it.

But by the end of the week, the paper seemed small potatoes. You see, Mr. Kerr's store was broken into--and my best friend Mouse was involved. I saw him, but I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to be a fink.

I kept mum because it was right about then that I was invited to stay at my uncle's resort near Pinecone. It's a real neat place in the Minnesota woods, and I figured I would cool out there. And then I found that they have crime just like in St. Paul--but this time the stakes were much higher. Suddenly, my life was on the line. . . .

About this title

About the Author:

Jon Hassler was born in Minneapolis in 1933. He received degrees from St. John's University in Minnesota, where he was an English teacher and writer-in-residence, and from the University of North Dakota. The author of many widely acclaimed novels--Staggerford, Simon's Night, The Love Hunter, A Green Journey, Grand Opening, North of Hope, Dear James, Rookery Blues, Dean's List, The Staggerford Flood, The Staggerford Murders, and The New Woman--Mr. Hassler passed away in March 2008.

From the Inside Flap:

Tom Barry's summer starts off bad and only gets worse. He not only has to write a paper during the summer, but he sees his best friend rob a store. He doesn't tell a soul about it, but then later in the summer, at his uncle's resort in the Minnesota woods, Tom becomes part of something much worse. The stakes are higher and this time his life is on the line.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0449703231
• ISBN 13: 9780449703236
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 128