Farewell Summer (Green Town #3) by Ray Bradbury

"We're back with Douglas Spaulding, who's dead set on not letting the Summer end. He'll soon learn though that everything is finite and yet not every end has to necessarily be an ending."

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Pros: A quick but powerful read/Douglas Spaulding finally realizes what it's like to grow up.

Cons: I had to laugh at the reason the war comes to an end, women are always the villains.

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Even though it's creeping into October, Douglas Spaulding isn't willing to give up on Summer yet. He decides to gather up the troops and go to War against the men who make the rules, basically, the School Board. They hassle old Calvin Quartermain, are generally a nuisance but it gets serious when theft is involved.

Douglas's eternally reasonable and practical Grandfather lays down the law and they return to stolen chess pieces. All the boys are wracked with guilt but Douglas can't stop thinking. He obsesses and frets, as boys will do and though he thinks his fight against the Old Men of Green Town will make it so Summer never has to end, he'll soon realize the hard truth.

The long anticipated sequel to the infinite Summer of Dandelion Wine, we're given a chance to see just how Douglas wraps up that Summer of Rites and New Ceremonies. It's a Summer of growth and change told in iconic Bradbury style.

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