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Eli the Good - Silas House

Eli the Good

By: Silas House

Hardcover | 1 November 2009

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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 war protester 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 cannot escape the current of conflict. From Silas House comes a tender look at the complexities of childhood and the realities of war—a novel filled with nostalgic detail and a powerful sense of place.
  • Named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and chosen for an IndieBound Children's Next List
  • Received a starred review in School Library Journal
  • Shortlisted for SIBA Best Book of the Year
About the Author

Silas House (born 1971) is an American writer best known for his novels. He is also a music journalist, environmental activist and columnist. House's fiction is known for its attention to the natural world, working class characters, and the plight of the rural place and rural people.
Industry Reviews
The story flows along as steadily as a stream, carrying readers and Eli to the end of summer and beyond, into a coda where he is an adult. Eli is good company and children will enjoy accompanying him on his journey.
--School Library Journal (starred review)

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