![]() ![]() ![]() As Sando's attentions and favor flip-flop from one boy to the other, the rivalry between the two, present from the beginning, grows stronger and more sinister. Surfing isn't the only dangerous game in town. This mix of doubt and desire intensifies when the boys make a discovery about their mentor's past. As the boys become more skilled, their exploits become more reckless narrator Bruce (nicknamed “Pikeletâ€) has doubts about where all this is heading, while the aptly named Loonie wants only bigger and bolder thrills. He recognizes their daredevil wildness and takes it upon himself to teach them to surf. Their attraction is focused on the water—ponds, rivers, the sea—but they do little more than play around until they fall in with a mysterious, older man named Sando. Two thrill-seeking boys, Bruce and Loonie, are young teenagers in smalltown Australia, circa the early 1970s. This slender book packs an emotional wallop. ![]()
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