Haley Bombauer, aka Flash Jackson, confronts the summer of her seventeenth year with glorious anticipation. She envisions herself roaming the hillsides and forests on her beloved horse, venturing farther and farther away from her sleepy hometown and her overprotective mother.

But when Haley falls through the rotted roof of the barn, she is destined to spend the summer in a thigh-high cast, stuck at home with her mother, enduring visits from her spooky grandmother, and pondering the error of her impulsive ways. The year that follows will, in fact, transform not only her life but also the lives of those around her.

Set in Mannville, New York, William Kowalski's signature town, here is the story of one young woman's emergence into a world that, in her words, "was not designed with girls in mind" and her efforts to find a way to fit in without giving up her independence.

Author: William Kowalski
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 12/23/2003
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.26w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780060936242

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 16
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 78294 / Adventures of Flash Jackson

About the Author
Kowalski, William: -

William Kowalski is the author of Eddie's Bastard, Somewhere South of Here, and The Adventures of Flash Jackson. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1970 and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania. He lives in Nova Scotia with his wife and daughter.