num_pages: 335
description: The personal meet the political in this "rare find" (Booklist) of a novel from promising author Eddie de Oliveira.Johnny Hazzard's an American boy living in London for the summer. He's not used to being a foreigner, and even less used to fending for himself. Then he meets an older girl named January and suddenly his quest for experience is taking some unexpected turns.This is a novel about growing up American, growing up in the world, and growing up in the face of love. Eddie de Oliveira writes with vim, vigor, and verve about coming of age in our very uncertain, complicated age.
language: English
title: Johnny Hazzard
titlecomplete: Johnny Hazzard
genres: Fiction, Teen, Romance, Young Adult
ratings_count: 48
publisher: Scholastic Inc.