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Title	:	Farewell Summer (Green Town)
Author	:	Ray Bradbury
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 211 pages
Published	:	October 17th 2006 by William Morrow (first published 2006)
Categories	:	Fiction. Science Fiction. Fantasy. Classics. Young Adult. Novels. Literature. American

Farewell Summer (Green Town)

Ray Bradbury

Hardcover | Pages: 211 pages

Rating: 3.72 | 4374 Users | 445 Reviews

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In a summer that refuses to end, in the deceiving warmth of earliest October, civil war has come to Green Town, Illinois. It is the age-old conflict: the young against the elderly, for control of the clock that ticks their lives ever forward. The first cap-pistol shot heard 'round the town is dead accurate, felling an old man in his tracks, compelling town elder and school board despot Mr. Calvin C. Quartermain to marshal his graying forces and declare total war on the assassin, thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaudling, and his downy-checked cohorts. Doug and his cronies, however, are most worthy adversaries who should not be underestimated, as they plan and execute daring campaigns-matching old Quartermain's experience and cunning with their youthful enthusiasm and devil-may-care determination to hold on forever to childhood's summer. Yet time must ultimately be the victor, with valuable revelations for those on both sides of the conflicts. And life waits in ambush to assail Doug Spaulding with its powerful mysteries-the irresistible ascent of manhood, the sweet surrender to a first kiss-

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Original Title:	Farewell, Summer
ISBN:	0061131547 (ISBN13: 9780061131547)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Green Town

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As summer comes to a close, young Douglas Spaulding assembles an army of friends to wage a fruitless war against the passage of time. Sweetly melancholy reflections about the seemingly endless days of our youth and how they inevitably slip away on our path to adulthood.

His library was a fine dark place bricked with books, so anything could happen there and always did. All you had to do was pull a book from the shelf and open it and suddenly the darkness was not so dark anymore.If you enjoyed Bradburys Dandelion Wine, Farewell Summer is a must-read! As Bradbury explains in the afterword, this is an extension of Dandelion Wine, initially cut by his publishers. He then revisited it years later to create what would become his last published novel.Farewell Summer

This is a sequel to Dandelion Wine. In an afterword, Bradbury says that originally Dandelion Wine was longer but the material that went beyond the end of the book as printed was cut in response to his editor. He carried on working on the novel...for fifty years! Is it worth the wait? Oh yes...yes it most definitely is. Tree-men-dous. (Not bush-woman-doesn't.) THIS REVIEW HAS BEEN CURTAILED IN PROTEST AT GOODREADS' CENSORSHIP POLICYSee the complete review here:

Is it as good as Dandelion Wine? Well...to be honest, no. But still, it's a fine read for any Bradbury fan and someone looking to catch a bit more of Green Town, IL. Where Dandelion Wine captured the joys of innocent childhood and a town full of unique and charming characters (bottled like a nice wine), Farewell Summer is more about a boy's passage (like a change in seasons) from childhood into adolescence. Douglas learns about old people. He learns about how his actions can effect other people.

As summer comes to a close, young Douglas Spaulding assembles an army of friends to wage a fruitless war against the passage of time. Sweetly melancholy reflections about the seemingly endless days of our youth and how they inevitably slip away on our path to adulthood.

4.5 stars "The huge round lunar clock was a gristmill. Shake down all the grains of Time - the big grains of centuries, the small grains or years, and the tiny grains of hours and minutes - and the clock pulverized them, slid Time silently out in all directions in a fine pollen, carried by cold winds to blanket the town like dust, everywhere" It has taken me awhile to get around to writing this review for Farewell Summer. I think it has a lot to do with me not wanting to say goodbye. Don't

A wonderful, long awaited "sequel" to DANDELION WINE. FAREWELL SUMMER offers a poignant message about youth and aging, with a few frights thrown in for good measure. I have also listened to the audio version of this book, and it is magnificent!