The teenage son of an Appalachian single mother who dies when he is eleven uses his good looks, wit, and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.

A clever young boy loves his old car, which has been everywhere, from the backyard to the sky, from the hills to the water, in this delightful story from an iconic children's author duo.

December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. With their dads stationed at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii, the boys get to soak up the sunshine while writing and drawing their own comic books. World War II might be raging overseas, but so far America has stayed out of the fight. There's nothing to fear, right? December 7, 1941: Everything implodes. Frank and Stanley are touring a battleship when Japanese planes zoom overhead,...