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Tom Barry's summer starts off bad and only gets worse. He not only has to write a paper during the summer, but he sees his best friend rob a store. He doesn't tell a soul about it, but then later in the summer, at his uncle's resort in the Minnesota woods, Tom becomes part of something much worse. The stakes are higher and this time his life is on the line.
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A Great Book....Check It Out!
Well i am in 7th grade and i live in Minnesota and we had to read this book in class and its a wondeful book i really got into it! This is a great book for teens so check it out!
Shannon

Four Miles to Pinecone
Minnesota author John Hassler uses Four Miles to Pinecone as an allegory to itself.He opens by stating summer is over then proceeds to tell a tale of growing up and making decisions of one particular summer.In the end, the book becomes its own forty-seven page assignment (and then some) as described in the early chapters.Hassler weaves an intricate tale using metaphors along the way.Particularly poignant is the main characters inability to use a manual transmission on a car.Hassler writes how he often gets stuck in one gear due to unfamiliarity with a clutch.This is a metaphor for his character's inablity to change gears in his life.He insists on working in a grocery store, and plans to do so forever (so it seems), or how he cannot turn in his friend whose become a burglar.

The is a very well-thought and developed story line.It is an older work by an accomplished author, but is worth reading nonetheless.It is a middle school level book, and should be part of many schools' required reading lists.

This book rocks!
this is a very good book it was a little bit easy to read and it could have been longer but it was an awesome book i really liked it! a real page turner!

A good book
I think that this book was very good, but as previously suggested, perhaps not for 7th graders. The way the charecters were described really made you relate to them.I like the format and style of Jon Hassler, and hope he continues to write for young adults.

Good,Simple Book
Being a teenage boy growing up in Minnesota, I took an extra personalinterest in the story. I could relate to the scenes that he was writingabout and as I got deeper and deeper into the plot, it felt like I wasactually in the story. Hassler's events were short and to the point. Hecovered a lot of detail in only one hundred fifteen pages. I prefer booksthat have a straightforward plot and one that has good principles. I feelthat 4 Miles to Pinecone is a book that has all of that. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Dudley Moore, Teresa Brewer, Bob Gibson, Nigel Dempster, Jon Hassler, Ira Progoff, Charles Peebler, Claude Mckinney, Lee Philips. Excerpt:Bob Gibson Samuel Robert ("Bob") Gibson (November 16, 1931 September 28, 1996) was a folk singer who led a folk music revival in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was known for playing both the banjo and the 12-string guitar. He introduced a then largely unknown Joan Baez at the Newport Folk Festival of 1959. He produced a number of LPs in the decade from 1956 to 1965. His best known album, Gibson ... Read more

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Chapters: Jon Hassler Theater, Theatre Pro Rata, Fitzgerald Theater, Paradise Center for the Arts, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Gremlin Theatre, Old Log Theater, Steppingstone Theatre for Youth Development, Albert Lea Art Center. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Jon Hassler Theater is a professional live theater located in Plainview, Minnesota. The Jon Hassler Theater Sign at Night. In 1999 the International Harvester Implement building was purchased by the Rural American Arts Partnership to be come the theater itself. Back in 1985 the Lyric Theater was founded by Sally Childs who would later become the artistic director of the Jon Hassler Theater. Then in 1999 the Lyric Theater started holding shows at the Hassler and in 2000 the Lyric Theater moved its head-quarters down to the Hassler. It is named after local author Jon Hassler. 1999 - Old Man Brunner Country, adapted by Ron Duffy from Leo Dangel; The Staggerford Murders by Jon Hassler; both shows produced by Lyric Theater and brought to Plainview as touring productions. 2000 - Grand Opening by Jon Hassler; To Whom It May Concern by Carol Hall; On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson; Gifts of the Magi by Mark St. Germain and Randy Courts. 2001 - Old Man Brunner Country, adapted by Ron Duffy from Leo Dangel; Chin Music by John Calvin Rezmerski; Boxelder Bug Variations, adapted by Sally Childs from Bill Holm; Simon's Night by Jon Hassler; The Fantasticks by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt; Grace and Glorie by Tom Ziegler; Grand Opening by Jon Hassler. 2002 - Talley's Folly by Lanford Wilson; Dear James, adapted by Sally Childs from Jon Hassler; Honk! The Ugly Duckling Musical by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe; Morning's at Seven by Paul Osborn; How to Talk Minnesotan the Holiday Musica...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10272167 ... Read more

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One of 26 copies printed on Arches Wove, lettered & handbound by Joseph Bonyata. ... Read more

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Must-Read for Teachers and Wannabes
Jon and Gretchen Hassler have collected dozens of stories told by teachers about the joys and sadness, the ups and downs, and the many lessons learned from the teaching life.

Anyone considering a teaching career should read this book. Those who have taught will find themselves doing a lot of up and down head nodding. We've been there. It's a litany of the many things we were never taught in our teacher prep courses. ... Read more

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One of 300 numbered copies. Excerpt from "The Love Hunter". ... Read more