3-3.5 stars. A well-written bildungsroman. I read this first when I was 11. The little, old (very little, very old) librarian told my dad I was reading filth. She was pretty much right-the life of a fifteen year old boy. The only thing i remembered about the story from back then was him feeling up the girl's arm in the movie theater.
It gets a three to 3.5 stars because it is well written and poignant. It does have a nostalgic feel and takes you back to that time but what does it say about us as a people who wax nostalgic about an older women taking advantage of a young boy?