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Summer Lightning

By: Judith Richards
Narrated by: Steve White
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Irrepressible Terrell Calder is a cigarette-smoking, school-skipping six-year-old boy growing up in a migrant work camp under growing rumors of World War II during the last days of the Great Depression.

Son of the camp manager, Terry has no interest in school, and instead is drawn into an unlikely friendship with Mr. McCree, an eccentric old man living in the cracks of civilization. Together, they prowl the Everglades in search of rattlesnakes, epiphytes, and adventure until the law and society change their lives forever.

Based on a true story, the award-winning Summer Lightning has been reprinted in 15 languages since its first publication in 1978.

©1978 Judith Richards (P)2018 Judith Richards Historical Fiction Adventure Action & Adventure Fiction Smoking Feel-Good Tobacco
Heartwarming Story • Engaging Plot • Fantastic Narration • Colorful Descriptions • Historical Setting

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This is one of those books that you enjoy it no matter how many times you read it .. Also you just know that it would make a fantastic movie ..
i grew up on the Texas, Louisiana border. Spent many summer days and nights fishing ,,hunting ,swimming ,camping a d mostly enjoying & learning the bayou , piney woods. Will always hold those days and times in my heart.
I highly recommend this book to any one .

Great coming of age books

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I enjoyed listening to Summer Lightning because it was a very good, entertaining story and the narration was fantastic. Set in a time when kids could be kids and you didn't fear for everything and everyone. Terrell ran around doing what he wanted to do rather than what he was supposed to be doing but he met some fascinating people and learned about life first hand. Mr. McCree was a wonderful man and a great person to get to know through this book. The ending of this story was perfect! This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Heartwarming and fascinating story

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What a wonderful story. I was enchanted by the story as well as the reading. I can't imagine anything better than this wonderful story and the fantastic performance. It shows a part and history of Florida that I don't know much about. I felt so sad for the parents to have to deal with such a wild child, but now I'm grateful to have his knowledge shared with the world. Thank you, Book Sirens, for giving me a copy of this wonderful book.

I would give it 10 stars if I could!!!!

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A heartwarming beautiful book! I was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed this coming of age story.

A heartwarming beautiful book!

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This was a little gem of a book. I stumbled upon it by accident but I’m so glad I did. This is a beautifully written story about a friendship between a precocious little boy and a older grandfatherly character. They have lovely adventures in this story set in the 1940s that you cannot imagine happening today. Add to that the excellent narration and it makes this a story I will come back to in the future.

Beautiful book

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