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2000s: Who has their life planned out at seventeen?
2000s: Who has their life planned out at seventeen?
Danny thinks he must be the only seventeen-year-old guy in Cape Breton–in Nova Scotia, maybe–who doesn’t have his life figured out. His buddy Kierce has a rule for every occasion, and his best friend Jay has bad grades, no plans and no worries. Danny’s dad nags him about his post-high-school plans, his friends bug him about girls and a run-in with the cops means he has to get a summer job. Worst of all, he’s keeping a secret that could ruin everything.
If you ever go to Cape Breton, see if you can find this spot as described in the novel:
“To get to the spot, you had to follow the abandoned train tracks for about a mile or so out of town, until you came to an old railway trestle that spanned a river gorge. If you scrambled down a slope that dripped from one corner of the bridge toward the river and then hoisted yourself up onto a large cement anchor block underneath, you’d find yourself in a room, hidden under the bridge with a clear view of the river below. This was the spot.”
Destination : Cape Breton Author/Guide: Tom Ryan Departure Time: 2000s
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