Eli the Good

In his YA debut, a best-selling novelist revisits a summer of tumult and truth for a young narrator and his war-torn family. Available in paperback with a discussion guide

For ten-year-old Eli Book, the summer of 1976 is the one that threatened to tear his family apart. There is his distant mother; his traumatized Vietnam vet dad; his wild sister; his former war protester aunt; and his tough yet troubled best friend, Edie, the only person with whom he can be himself. As tempers flare and his father's nightmares rage, Eli cannot escape the current of conflict. From Silas House comes a tender look at the complexities of childhood and the realities of war -- a novel filled with nostalgic detail and a powerful sense of place.

Author: Silas House
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 02/08/2011
Pages: 295
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.54w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9780763652883
ISBN10: 0763652881
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship

About the Author
Silas House is the nationally best-selling author of Eli the Good as well as the award-winning novels Clay's Quilt, A Parchment of Leaves, and The Coal Tattoo. He is an associate professor at Berea College and lives in eastern Kentucky.