The Echoes of Summer

It is 1956 and although Jonathon Statler is barely fifteen he is already a proven survivor. </p> <p>Locked in a world of loneliness and abuse Jonathon has nonetheless managed to learn golf and tennis and embrace a levelheaded approach to life. He has paid a price however. He is grossly overweight and short on self confidence. His eyes are more often on the tops of his sneakers than level with the world around him. </p><p>Until one magical summer when Jonathon meets Malcolm Platt the Director of Robert Morris Camp for Boys and Angus McClatchy a former teacher who now considers himself nothing more than an old man and finally a sensitive young woman named Becky Wilson. </p><p><I>The Echoes of Summer</I> is set against a background of racial and religious tension so prevalent during the 1950s. Author John Kendall captures the interaction of youth and age that provides the catalyst for a story that lifts the spirit and makes it soar.</p>