59/100

Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger

My review

rating: 2 of 5 stars
This book is written in all letter form which I am not a big fan of. The main character, Joey Margolis, is a young boy who is growing up as a Jew, without a father, in the middle of a war. He is also a pathological liar, which I had a problem with at the beginning because it was hard to discern truth from fiction. After getting 50 pages in, I decided to quit the book. I was all set to return it to the library when I saw the reviews on here and how great they were. So I sucked it up, and continued to read.



Once I really started getting into the book, I loved the relationship between Joey and Charlie Banks, the professional baseball player he swindles into his life. I ultimately felt heartbroken at the end, and I don't regret deciding to finish the book.


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