It's 1960, and young Gil Wheeler has one thing on his mind: making enough money to land his own motorcycle. Maybe even a girlfriend. Between selling papers and hawking rings, he dreams of adventure and exploration beyond the expanding edge of Albuquerque.

Together, Gil and his friends navigate junior high and the desert landscape beyond their neighborhood—a new suburb that, much like their young lives, is brimming with both fresh possibility and the promise that not all dreams will come true.

This paperback edition is run on 50# creme paper with a matte laminate finish, printed and bound in the United States.

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