Eli the Good
Eli the Good
Eli the Good
Silas House
In his timely YA debut, a best-selling novelist revisits a summer of tumult and truth for a young narrator and his war-torn family.Bicentennial fireworks burn the sky. Bob Seger growls from a transistor radio. And down by the river, girls line up on lawn chairs in pursuit of the perfect tan. Yet for ten-year-old Eli Book, the summer of 1976 is the one that threatened to tear his family apart. There is his distant mother; his traumatized Vietnam vet dad; his wild sister; his former warprotester aunt; and his tough yet troubled best friend, Edie, the only person with whom he can be himself. As tempers flare and his father’s nightmares rage, Eli watches from the sidelines, but soon even he cannot escape the current of conflict. From Silas House comes a tender look at the complexities of childhood and the realities of war — a quintessentially Southern novel filled with music, nostalgic detail, a deep respect for nature, and a powerful sense of place.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Fiction
  • Historical Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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Eli the Good is young boys journey to becoming a young
adult. He must deal with the bad memories and dreams of
his father, a war veteran, his crazy and redelious sister,
and his aunt who has come to vist, but has a big secret
hidden away. These things help and give Eli his first
glipse at adulthood. The people he is the closest to don't
seem to stay around to long, and he seeks love from his
mother, who is wrapped up in his fatehrs past.

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