This novel was a great book to read during the summer before starting at a new school. ... Even after reading the passage about Phineas falling out of the tree and the passages where Gene confesses, I don't think that Gene meant to shake the limb. ...
It is the summer of 1942 (World War II) and America is at war. ... They are always jumping from a tree into the river to get the "courage" they need to go to the war, and so the two of them form a club called the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. ... I discovered while reading this book that life is not always easy and fair, for example when Finny broke his leg, Gene felt guilty when he shouldn't have, so that is the none fair part and it's not always easy because it is the war and at the end, Gene looses his best friend Finny who dies. ...
Knowles attended Phillips Exeter Academy, an exclusive New Hampshire prep school, for two summer sessions in 1943 and 1944. ... It also speaks of the lighthearted summers of youth and their tough education. ... I think that even those who do not enjoy reading would like it. ...
Knowles attended Phillips Exeter Academy, an exclusive New Hampshire prep school, for two summer sessions in 1943 and 1944. ... It also speaks of the lighthearted summers of youth and their tough education. ... I think that even those who do not enjoy reading would like it. ...
