"Parker hasn't spoken since he watched his father die five years ago. He communicates through writing on slips of paper and keeps track of his thoughts by journaling. A loner, Parker has little interest in school, his classmates, or his future. But everything changes when he meets Zelda, a mysterious young woman with an unusual request: 'treat me like a teenager'"--
Tommy Cameron is illiterate, and excluded from the other children's games. He is befriended by a war veteran, Jack, who teaches him to read using the papers of a Private Tommy Cameron killed in the war, whose name is on the memorial where they met.
Tommy Jordan is a high school senior who has been living with his mother for the last ten years and is now joining his father's new family. His mother has neglected him and Tommy has virtually brought himself up without the aid of a responsible adult. He is used to doing what he pleases without consequence. His new family is made up of the narrator of the story, Howard, and his sister Arlene as well as the mother, Helen.Tommy is no ordinary teenager. He is tall, handsome and personable. People seem to flock to him as though he were a movie star. However, Tommy has a penchant for getting in trouble. He pushes the boundaries of ordinary behavior to the limit much to the frustration of his step-mother and father John. Trouble seems to follow him, but Tommy is untouched by most of it. He is constantly seeking adventure and often finds it, but in finding it, he pays a price.Howard is Tommy's opposite. He is shy around girls and reluctant to do anything he thinks his mother would disapprove of. He is captivated by how Tommy can get his way with girls when he (Howard) has never even had a date. The two boys become fast friends, but Howard is often on the outside looking in. If only he were more like Tommy. His world would be so much more interesting. Tommy becomes his mentor and coaches Howard on how to pick up girls, how to act in front of them and how to become a man about town. Unfortunately, Howard isn't up to the task.
Get ready for trouble! Introducing Tommy, or as his victims call him, Tommy Trouble! Tommy was always getting attention the wrong way, until he captured a frog one day and changed the way he plays his pranks. Check it out in this all new children's book: The Trouble with Tommy Trouble!
Get ready for trouble! Introducing Tommy, or as his victims call him, Tommy Trouble! Tommy was always getting attention the wrong way, until he captured a frog one day and changed the way he plays his pranks. Check it out in this all new children's book: The Trouble with Tommy Trouble!
The lives of four high school seniors intersect weeks before a meteor is set to pass through Earth's orbit, with a 66.6% chance of striking and destroying all life on the planet.
Tommy and Dale are friends who had a lot of crazy adventures. Dale tried to keep them out of trouble, but Tommy wouldn't listen. In the end, Tommy finally learned to trust his friend's good advice.
Trouble Boys is the first definitive, no-holds-barred biography of one of the last great bands of the twentieth century: The Replacements. With full participation from reclusive singer and chief songwriter Paul Westerberg, bassist Tommy Stinson, guitarist Slim Dunlap, and the family of late band co-founder Bob Stinson, author Bob Mehr is able to tell the real story of this highly influential group, capturing their chaotic, tragic journey from the basements of Minneapolis to rock legend. Drawing on years of research and access to the band's archives at Twin/Tone Records and Warner Bros. Mehr also discovers previously unrevealed details from those in the group's inner circle, including family, managers, musical friends and collaborators.
