V for Victor

by Mark Childress

Overview

Alabama, 1942. The war is everywhere, but Victor - a 16-year-old boy sent by his father to care for his dying grandmother on a lonely island in Mobile Bay - can only dream of it. Then he wakes one amazing night to a thunderous roar from the Bay...and sees the ominous shadow of an enemy submarine surfacing at night. "Fantastic, extravagant...thoroughly charming." -Boston Globe.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014601436
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	06/23/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	277
Sales rank:	394,301
File size:	369 KB

About the Author

Mark Childress was born in Monroeville, Alabama. He is the author of seven novels, including Georgia Bottoms, One Mississippi and Crazy in Alabama, three books for children, and the screenplay of the film, Crazy in Alabama. He lives in Key West, Florida.

Editorial Reviews

Enthralling and delightful … rich and compelling … What might at first have seemed a gently paced coming-of-age story turns into a rambunctious tale.

Christian Science Monitor

With a marvelous ear for language and devilishly rich imagination, Mark Childress has crafted an engaging and readable novel.

Boston Globe

Childress knows the business of words. His descriptions evoke a sense of time and place that rings true.... A rare talent.”

Atlanta Journal- Constitution

From his lyrical opening passages, which evoke the softness of adolescent innocence, right up through his explosive finale, he never lets us come up for air. And we never want to ... . This is a yarn spun with poetry. This is storytelling at its best.

Vogue magazine

Childress has as many twists and turns and surprises in his novel as the Magnolia River.

Birmingham News