Boys from Eighth and Carpenter

by Tom Mendicino

Book Overview

S. Gagliano & Son has been a barber shop fixture in South Philly for decades. Frankie and Michael Gagliano's Italian immigrant father--Luigi to his customers, Papa to his sons--presides over the store, enlisting his children as soon as they're big enough to wield a broom. On their mother's deathbed, eight-year-old Frankie swears that he and his little brother will always take care of each other, a vow he endeavors to keep through their father's violent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617737941
• ISBN13: 9781617737947
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher