Nebraska Avenue (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798901743225)

In the sweltering Bicentennial summer of 1976, fourteen-year-old Vinny Perino is the new kid on Nebraska Avenue. Trading Brooklyn's concrete for the suburbs of Long Island, he finds an unexpected brotherhood among a crew of wisecracking Newsday paperboys.

But the easy rhythm of morning routes and Fourth of July mischief doesn't last. When a string of burglaries hits homes along Vinny's route, suspicion lands on the boys-and a local cop with a long memory is more than willing to make it stick.

With no one else on their side, the crew sets out to prove the truth themselves-following the only lead they have and risking more than they bargained for in the process.

The news is only for a day. The legend of Nebraska Avenue is for a lifetime.