Houses from Another Street

Download or read book Houses from Another Street written by Michael Thurston and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the autumn of 1979, Will is a freshman at Payne High School in Centertown, Texas. As events in Iran play out on TV screens, Will scrambles to evade bullies on the football team, to avoid getting caught between his bickering parents, and to balance his crush on Mrs. Jansen (a young teacher) with his secret passion for his aloof and intimidating neighbor, Nicole. The novel's title is taken from Robert Frost's poem, "Acquainted with the Night," and it suggests Will's comfort with being out when others are asleep, when he can move around without being seen and when the strange qualities of light can make it hard to see clearly.