The Incredible Here and Now

Michael's older brother dies at the beginning of the summer he turns 15. This novel tells of Michael's coming of age in a year which brings him grief and romance. Through his perceptions, the reader becomes familiar with Michael's community and its surroundings, the unsettled life of his family, the girl he meets at the local pool, the friends that gather in the McDonalds parking lot at night, the white Pontiac Trans Am that lights up his life like a magical talisman.