NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Impressively original." —The New York Times"Sparkles in every way. A love letter to the open lonely American heartland…A must-read." —People"The kind of book that restores your faith...

Camp Chippewa, 1962. Nelson Doughty, age thirteen, social outcast and overachiever, is the Bugler, sounding the reveille proudly each morning. Yet this particular summer marks the beginning of an uncertain and tenuous friendship with ...