Author: Slepian, Jan:
Title: The Alfred Summer.
Description: Kestrel Books, 1981. 1st in UK, H/B blue cloth bds and unclipped d/w completely enclosed in film, VG,/VG, minor edgewear, red spot on spine, prelim. missing, lib. stamp on title verso, contents clean and bright. They make an odd-looking pair as they meander through Brooklyn together, but Lester's isolated life changes when he meets Alfred...

Keywords: friendship, handicap, boys, juvenile, story, novel, Brooklyn, USA, adventure, boat, children's, fiction.