Californium: A Novel of Punk Rock, Growing Up, and Other Dangerous Things

by R. Dean Johnson

Book Overview

A coming-of-age crossover novel about growing up, selling out, and fitting in.

It's late summer 1982 when the Houghton family uproots from Paterson, New Jersey and moves to Yorba Linda, California--the self-anointed "Land of Gracious Living." Fourteen year-old Reece is trying his best to believe his family has come to California for the opportunities it affords and not to outrun a shared family secret, but he's beginning to realize that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143128779
• ISBN13: 9780143128779
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"