Thank you Tina for reviewing The Great teen Fruit War, A 1960 Novel (464 pages), which is a coming of age work of fiction. "The Great Teen Fruit War, A 1960' Novel" is a story that takes place in Hammonton, New Jersey, an agricultural community midway between Philadelphia and Atlantic City. The Blues gang wears blue denim button-down waist-length jackets and are the sons of wealthy blueberry growers. The Reds gang wears James Dean' red zip-up jackets and are the sons of peach farmers. Bellevue Avenue in the center of town is the dividing line that separates blueberry country to the east and peach territory to the west.
"The Great Teen Fruit War" is a story for anyone who loves '50s and '60s teen culture. Romance, racial discrimination, and conflict between the Reds and the Blues mix into a "coming of age" story that blends humor with drama, suspense, and surprise into an action-packed adventure. Throw the town' greasers "The Ramrodders" into the conflict and events heat up in a hurry as the three highly volatile gangs interact.
When Goose Restuccio, the son of a Mafia kingpin joins the Reds, he challenges Gabe Gillette, the leader of the rich-kid Blues. Goose's father's hit-men get involved in some clever pranks played on the Blues, and the blueberry kids retaliate with deceptive tricks of their own. Soon, strife escalates into violence. Goose is captured by Blues and then forced to rape a black girl, and after Crystal Davis becomes pregnant, her black friends ally with the Reds against a coalition of Blues and Ramrodders. The "Great Teen Fruit War" is the exciting sequel to "Black Leather and Blue Denim, A '50s Novel" A third book Frat Brats, A 60s Novel completes the coming of age trilogy. Jay Dubya (John Wiessner, J.W.) is the author of 75 hardcover and paperback books that exist in 8 separate genres..