Johnnie has only one real friend, his eccentric uncle Rufus. He is eager to learn about the world, but he is stymied by his isolation in the tiny community of Arock. He walks to and from the one-room school three miles from the ranch where he lives with his parents. He and Unc start going to the creek to fish and contemplate life. But then things seem to start happening all at once. Johnnie is eleven in the spring of 1946, and suddenly life becomes exciting. He starts a business with his Uncle Rufus, and meets a new friend ...
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Johnnie has only one real friend, his eccentric uncle Rufus. He is eager to learn about the world, but he is stymied by his isolation in the tiny community of Arock. He walks to and from the one-room school three miles from the ranch where he lives with his parents. He and Unc start going to the creek to fish and contemplate life. But then things seem to start happening all at once. Johnnie is eleven in the spring of 1946, and suddenly life becomes exciting. He starts a business with his Uncle Rufus, and meets a new friend who is a war hero. Now wealth, fame, and glory seem to lie before him. It is truly a miracle year. Then things begin to "turn bleak", as Unc says. But "it ain't over 'till it's over", as one baseball sage put it.
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