As Ever, Gordy - Hardcover

Hahn, Mary Downing

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ISBN 10: 0395836271 ISBN 13: 9780395836279

Publisher: Clarion Books, 1998

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Unhappy about being forced to move back to his old hometown and away from the peaceful life he lived in North Carolina, Gordy knows that things from his past will come back to haunt him, but he knows he cannot fall victim to his old ways again no matter what.

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About the Author:

Mary Downing Hahn, a former children’s librarian, is the award-winning author of many popular ghost stories, including Deep and Dark and Dangerous and The Old Willis Place. An avid reader, traveler, and all-around arts lover, Ms. Hahn lives in Columbia, Maryland, with her two cats, Oscar and Rufus.

Born to be bad?

Mueller cleared his throat and went on talking
as if I hadn’t said a thing. “On the other hand,
Donald dropped out of school the day he turned
sixteen. Believe me, I wasn’t a bit sorry to lose
him.” He paused and gave me another long hard
look. “I wonder which of your brothers you take
after, Gordon.”
It was just the way I’d known it would be—
everybody remembered my father and my brothers.
They all expected me to turn out every bit as
bad as they had. The only question was, whose
path would I follow? Would I become the town
drunk? Would I drop out of school and blow
up gas stations? Would I desert if another war
started?
When I didn’t say anything, Mueller frowned.
“I plan to keep an eye on you, Gordon. Any sign
of misbehavior and I’ll come down on you hard.
Is that clear?”
“Yes, sir,” I muttered. His message was clear.
It was my first day at Hyattsdale High, and the
principal already hated me.