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GEMINI SUMMER Iain Lawrence Hardcover | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 978-0-385-73089-1 (0-385-73089-6) | October 2006 | $15.95 | Ages 8-12 Hardcover Library Binding | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 978-0-385-90111-6 (0-385-90111-9) | October 2006 | $17.99 | Ages 8-12

Danny and his brother, Beau, live in the small town of Hog ’s Hollow. His dad fears that the Vietnam War will soon become a nuclear war and begins to build a large fallout shelter. His mom dreams of writing the next Gone with the Wind and keeps her journals hidden in the laundry room. Beau loves everything about space, and Danny just wants to have a dog. When a tragic accident occurs, their world changes in an instant, and Danny takes in a dog that he believes to be human. It is only when Danny runs to protect his beloved dog from harm that the story reaches its climax. This book promises to become a much-loved classic.

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Prepared by Pat Strawn, Librarian, John Jay High School, San Antonio, Texas

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