description: Eugene remembers the summer of 1938 in Frenchtown, a time when he began to wonder "what I was doing here on the planet Earth". This touching, funny, melancholy chronicle of a vanished world celebrates a son's connection to his father and human relationships that are timeless.
language: English
title: Frenchtown Summer
titlecomplete: Frenchtown Summer
genres: Fiction, Historical, Coming Of Age, Poetry, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Novels, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 337
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Young Adult Literature
publisher: Puffin