Book summary

A novel about the difficulties of family life, told from the point of view of a confused 11-year-old and set in 1943--the year that pennies were indeed made of zinc.

Media reviews

"Each of these characters is fully drawn and totally believable, and their trials evoke laughter and pain as they search for love....In the background, set against this relentless domestic turmoil, are the terrible events of the world war....Rick DeMarinis has constructed a book whose shape is as perfect as a penny. But this story is more than its flawless construction, more than its richly textured plot, more than its memorable characters. The novel is actually a spiral that sets a magical boy named Trygve spinning around and around, at the same time moving him upward. We are confident that Trygve will eventually...get out there and win his own personal war..."

The Year of the Zinc Penny

by DEMARINIS, RICK

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Book description: New York: Norton, 1989. Hardcover. As New/As New. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by Rick DeMarinis. Very fine book in very fine dj.

Bookseller: Thomas Books (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 2000879
Format/binding: Hardcover
Book condition: As New
Jacket condition: As New
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0393027589
ISBN 13: 9780393027587
Publisher: Norton
Place: New York
Date published: 1989
Size: 7x7 cm
LCCN: PS3554.E4554Y44 1989
Dewey: 813/.54
Subjects: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General;

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