The Blue Star - by Tony Earley (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Jim Glass, the precocious 10-year-old at the heart of Earley's bestseller "Jim the Boy," is now a teenager, returning in another tender and wise story of young love set on the eve of World War II.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Seven years ago, readers everywhere fell in love with Jim Glass, the precocious ten-year-old at the heart of Tony Earley's bestseller <i>Jim the Boy</i>. Now a teenager, Jim returns in another tender and wise story of young love on the eve of World War Two. Jim Glass has fallen in love, as only a teenage boy can fall in love, with his classmate Chrissie Steppe. Unfortunately, Chrissie is Bucky Bucklaw's girlfriend, and Bucky has joined the Navy on the eve of war. Jim vows to win Chrissie's heart in his absence, but the war makes high school less than a safe haven, and gives a young man's emotions a grown man's gravity. <p/> With the uncanny insight into the well-intentioned heart that made <i>Jim the Boy</i> a favorite novel for thousands of readers, Tony Earley has fashioned another nuanced and unforgettable portrait of America in another time -- making it again even realer than our own day. This is a timeless and moving story of discovery, loss and growing up, proving why Tony Earley's writing radiates with a largeness of heart (<i>Esquire</i>).<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Tony Earley</b> is the author of the novels <i>Jim the Boy</i> and <i>The Blue Star</i>. His fiction has earned a National Magazine Award and appeared in <i>The New Yorker</i>, <i>Harper's</i>, and <i>Best American Short Stories</i>. Earley was chosen for both <i>The New Yorker</i>'s inaugural best 20 Under 40 list of fiction writers and Granta's 20 Best Young American Novelists. He lives with his family in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is the Samuel Milton Fleming Chair in English at Vanderbilt University.
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