OLDER FICTION
Couloumbis, Audrey

Summer's End

(2) YA Not long after the Kent State shootings, thirteen-year-old Grace's older brother torches his draft card. Grace's father, a Korean War vetern, throws Collin out of the house, causing a terrible rift in the family. This is a thoughtful book about one American family during the Vietnam War, individuals made real through small details of character and their rough affection for one another.

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