The Impossible Fortress |
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| Author:
| Rekulak, Jason |
| ISBN: | 978-1-68324-433-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2017 |
| Publisher: | Center Point Large Print
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $37.95 |
Book Description:
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Until May 1987, fourteen-year-old Billy Marvin of Wetbridge, New Jersey, is a nerd, but a decidedly happy nerd.Afternoons are spent with his buddies, watching copious amounts of television, gorging on Pop-Tarts and programming video games on his Commodore 64 late into the night. Then Playboy magazine publishes photos of Wheel of Fortune hostess Vanna White, Billy meets expert programmer Mary Zelinsky, and everything changes. A love letter to the 1980s, to the dawn of the computer age,...
More DescriptionUntil May 1987, fourteen-year-old Billy Marvin of Wetbridge, New Jersey, is a nerd, but a decidedly happy nerd.Afternoons are spent with his buddies, watching copious amounts of television, gorging on Pop-Tarts and programming video games on his Commodore 64 late into the night. Then Playboy magazine publishes photos of Wheel of Fortune hostess Vanna White, Billy meets expert programmer Mary Zelinsky, and everything changes. A love letter to the 1980s, to the dawn of the computer age, and to adolescence - a time when anything feels possible - The Impossible Fortress will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you remember in exquisite detail what it feels like to love something - or someone - for the very first time.