First French Kiss: and other traumas

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Growing up male - funny touching and as unexpected as life itself! This collection of finely crafted stories from the acclaimed author of Forgotten Fire zeros in on the moments of comic confusion and tender transformation that make up one boys wild ride through childhood and adolescence. Whether its struggling up a godforsaken mountain with other miserable campers tossing aside all scruples to scramble to the top of the school social heap searching for the true path to romantic love or trying to meet the expectations of a father whose high standards seem impossible to live up to - these funny and affecting tales of triumph humiliation love loss competitive kissing and laxatives will touch readers and have them laughing out loud as Will a boy with an overactive imagination grapples with "what it takes to be a man" and "what kind of man will I become?" First Serial Seventeen Magazine