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The patch boys
Fifteen-year-old Sammy di Cantini, resident of a mining region of Pennsylvania, is determined to rise above his class, falls disastrously in love with a Protestant, and visits his Mafia brother in New York where he becomes involved in impossible struggles.
218 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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Jay Parini
191 books152 followersJay Parini (born 1948) is an American writer and academic. He is known for novels and poetry, biography and criticism.
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July 1, 2020
D. fiction, YA, coming of age, coal mining, from stash, discard
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October 20, 2007Recommended by Andrew Garrod in his Coming of Age course.
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