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Spirits of Hockomock

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1950s adolescence comingofage murder mystery teenagers

June, 1953. 

16-year-old Frankie McDowell has seen a lot. He practically raises his brother, Pete, who doesn't want any part of it, walked in on his sister - and her boyfriend - more often than he'd like to remember, and, right. Can't forget about him stumbling across the leader of the rival gang, stabbed to an untimely death, slouched against a dumpster. 

And his summer vacation has just begun. 
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