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Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy was a radio adventure series which maintained its popularity from to However, when negotiations for rights to the characters collapsed, the planned series was reworked into what became the animated adventure Jonny Quest Some of the Jack Armstrong footage survived in the closing credits for Jonny Quest.

After a violent act that leaves their community and, ultimately, the country divided, Rashad and Quinn - one Black, one White - face the truth that racism and prejudice are all around us.

And there's a future at stake, a future where no one will have deal with police brutality. They just have to risk everything they've ever known to speak out. With evocative black and white illustrations from Akhran Girmay. Looks at the experiences of American draft dodgers in Canada during the Vietnam War, arguing that many of these young men were motivated not only by their opposition to the war but also by their sense of alienation from American society as a whole.

Walter Cunningham presents the astronauts in all their glory in this dramatically revised and updated edition that was considered an instant classic in its first edition over two decades ago. From its insider's view of the pervasive ""astropolitics"" that guided the functioning of the astronaut corps to its thoughtful discussion of the Columbia tragedy, The All-American Boys resonates with Cunningham's passion for humanity's destiny in space which endures today.

This is a story of the triumph of American heroes. Cunningham brings us into NASA's training program and reveals what it takes to be an astronaut. He poignantly relates the story of the devastating Apollo 1 fire that took the lives of three astronauts and his own later successful flight on Apollo 7.

This new edition includes an update of the manned space program and his ""tell it like it is"" observation of NASA's successes and failures. It also includes commentary on the Shuttle disasters of Challenger and Columbia and his views on what NASA should be doing to get back on track and to regain public support. From his celebrated appearance, hatchet in hand, in Parson Mason Locke Weems's Life of Washington to Booth Tarkington's Penrod, the all-American boy was an iconic figure in American literature for well over a century.

Sometimes he was a "good boy," whose dutiful behavior was intended as a model for real boys to emulate. Other times, he was a "bad boy," whose mischievous escapades could be excused either as youthful exuberance that foreshadowed adult industriousness or as deserved attacks on undemocratic pomp and pretension. But whether good or bad, the all-American boy was a product of the historical moment in which he made his appearance in print, and to trace his evolution over time is to take a fresh view of America's cultural history, which is precisely what Larzer Ziff accomplishes in All-American Boy.

Setting each boy in a rich cultural context, Ziff reveals how the all-American boy represented a response to his times, ranging from the newly independent nation's need for models of democratic citizenship, to the tales of rags-to-riches beloved during a century of accelerating economic competition, to the recognition of adolescence as a distinct phase of life, which created a stage on which the white, middle-class "solid citizen" boy and the alienated youth both played their parts.

When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoin. Why did Fonzie hang around with all those high school boys? Is the overwhelming boy-meets-girl content of popular teen movies, music, books, and TV just a cover for an undercurrent of same-sex desire?

From the s to the present, popular culture has involved teenage boys falling for, longing over, dreaming about, singing to, and fighting over, teenage girls. Queering Teen Culture looks beyond the litany to find out when adults became so insistent about teenage sexual desire—and why—and finds evidence of same-sex desire, romantic interactions, and identities that, according to the dominant ideology, do not and cannot exist. This provocative book examines the careers of male performers whose teenage roles made them famous including Ricky Nelson, Pat Boone, Fabian, and James Darren and discusses examples of lesbian desire including I Love Lucy and Laverne and Shirley.

Does anything actually disappear these days? The silence was much worse than the yelling, so I fiddled with the remote. The same one that controlled my bed controlled the television. I turned it on. And politics are painful to watch. So the sound of helium- pitched cartoon characters had to be the life raft for this sinking ship of awkwardness. Thankfully, the doctor came in to save us from the equally awkward distraction of cartoons. But I guess doctors always have to try to lift the mood.

I nodded. The same goes for his ribs. Under normal circumstances I would say that Rashad could go home tonight. The doctor continued. Spoony bit down on his bottom lip. My father just seemed to be taking it all in, not particularly bothered. I reached for the remote and turned the channel. I wish there were more interesting things to tell you about the rest of the day, but the truth is that most of it I spent dozing in and out of sleep, while my family sat around watching me doze in and out of sleep.

Well, at least, Ma and Dad did. Spoony was in and out of the room, making and taking phone calls, and whenever he was in the room he was texting. English Jones. The athlete, pretty boy, non-asshole who everybody loved. Yep, that guy. So I knew that if Berry knew what happened to me, English knew. And if English knew, Carlos and Shannon knew. And if those two dudes knew, then by Monday, half the school would know.

And then I was asleep. And then I was awake again. And Clarissa brought lunch in. I had barely touched breakfast. The oatmeal. Maybe a spoonful or two. Spoony ate the fruit cocktail and said it reminded him of elementary school. For lunch, Central Hospital served up its finest turkey club sandwich with vegetable soup. I ate half the sandwich after my mother pretty much forced me to eat something, and I have to say, it was pretty good. Still nothing on TV except for an overly dramatic Lifetime movie that my mother was totally into.

A woman meets a man on a bus on her way home from work. They exchange numbers. Go out on a first date. He can hear her shower, and cook, and talk to her friends about how crazy he is. Total stalker. Shittiest actors on Earth meets the shittiest story on Earth, which makes for the perfect Saturday afternoon movie. For my mom. But this time, my folks were knocked out. Dad in the chair, his head bent at a painful-looking angle, his mouth wide open. As usual.

My mother, small, had tucked her knees to her chest and nestled into her chair—the only cushioned one—like a child. She looked so peaceful.

So calm. It was nice to see her get some rest. He was still sitting there. Still fooling with his phone. Still texting. It was nice to have the room quiet for a moment. Spoony looked up and rushed to my bed.

And you know me. To just let me heal, let me leave the hospital, let me go to court, let me do whatever stupid community service they wanted me to do, and let me go back to normal. I mean, I had seen this happen so many times.

Not personally, but on TV. In the news. The cops get off. And everybody cries and waits for the next dead kid, to do it all over again. A different kind of Lifetime movie.

But I knew not to even bother saying it. Not to Spoony. No point. Spoony had been dealing with this kind of crap for years.

He was always a suspect. And I knew, without him saying a word, that the one thing he never wanted, but was sure would eventually happen, was for his little brother—the ROTC art kid— to become one too.

So there was nothing that was going to stop him from fighting this. There was nothing I could do to calm him down. This was not going away. No big deal. NBD, Dwyer wrote in beer on the wooden slats of the back porch with the nozzle from the keg.

In fact, we spent most of the party on that back porch, ignoring everyone else. Guzzo never said a word to Jill for me, and through the window, I saw English moving through the room like the frigging king he is, getting up close to girls and making them laugh and giggle. I was out there in the darkness of the back porch, looking in through the window to the bright kitchen, like I was watching the whole damn party unfold on TV.

He showed me how to do the spider drill, how to dribble with two balls, how to tuck my elbows when I shot. Dwyer and Guzzo drank much more than I did, and they stood around the keg shouting out the lyrics of all the hip-hop songs blasting from the living room inside. Whatever it was, it got me to where I needed to get. I kept at it in my head. Push 25, 2, 3.

Push 26, 2, 3. Ma sighed. I heard her slough into the kitchen and open the fridge. I finished my set, sprang to my feet, and felt the room spin. Black dots popped across my vision, and before I passed out, I dropped to the couch and sat there catching my breath.

Ma sat down next to me and put her head on my shoulder. She was so much smaller than me now, and I liked the way she sometimes leaned into me or hugged me, like she was excited. Not in a weird way, but with something I think might have been pride. I drank my water in two long gulps. Gotta do my workouts, though. Every morning. She could have fallen asleep right there.

The bags under her eyes were prunes. But, despite her exhaustion, somehow she still always found a smile for me. She rubbed her face and squinted at me and I knew her mind was working to put it all together. But she was so tired. It was going to be a two-shower day. Coach is picking the starters this week. I left Ma slumped against the armrest and went straight to the bathroom.

I got the water running hot first, then switched it to cold, just to fire up the senses and wake up. I still felt a little groggy from last night and I was pissed at myself, because after my workout I wanted to get right to the court. I thought I had a real shot at being a starter, but next week was too important to coast through. I had to hit more three-pointers when we went around the world. I had to have the higher free-throw percentage. Because the scouts were coming. Of course the stands were going to be filled, but a few of those seats at every game were the seats we were all playing for.

Full ride to Michigan State. Full ride to UNC. Butler, Notre Dame, Villanova. Wisconsin, Arizona, Duke. Scouts paved the way—and I had to show them who I was. I had to be a starter. And, as I was trying to psych myself up for a day of drills down at Gooch, I stepped out of the bathroom, wrapped only in a towel, holding my stank-ass clothes in a wad, and nearly ran right into Ma.

She held my jeans in one hand and my flask in the other. She jutted her chin at me. You tell me the truth this minute and you start from the very beginning. It was the strangest thing. The flask lay askew beside the mug. She ran her hand over her eyes, and then up over her forehead like a visor. You have more important things to worry about, young man.

She waved it gently. I just checked. But you were. You were there. I saw Paul. What do you think people are going to think of you now? It was only one night. That it was only this one time. I swear. She waited until I stopped looking out the window and looked at her. What kind of a person do you want to be? Who do you think you are? This is the year everyone looks to see what kind of man you want to become. I felt like an idiot.

She sighed. Pick up Willy from his game today. The Cambis are bringing him. Spend some time with him. Take him out for pizza after. Take him out for lunch. Tough Will. Tough Will, who was known to sit down in the middle of his own soccer game, right there on the field, until his coach gave up and called in the sub.

Tough Will spent most of his games sitting on the sidelines eating orange slices. When I got there, both teams were already warming up on either end of the field. For Tough Will, it was another story. Get in there, man. Still, I guess I inspired him, because he turned and chased down a red-and-white ball and dribbled it a bit before taking a shot on net.

It went wide left, but at least he ran after the ball. I chatted with Mrs. Cambi at first, but then the game began, and I started cheering Willy and his team on, using that as an excuse to pull away as if I wanted to walk down the sidelines and see the action more clearly, because my phone kept buzzing and buzzing in my pocket and I wanted to see what was going on.

Or rather, they never invited people over. There were so many people coming and going from the house that it always seemed like a party. Had he seen me? What if he had? Still, Will was playing left back and he was actually running around and chasing the ball. Near the end of the first half, one of the players on the other team got around a couple guys just over midfield and seemed like he had a clean break for a shot, but Will came out of nowhere and nailed a sweet slide tackle.

I found him and slapped him five over the heads of a few teammates in the huddle with his coach, and then I backed off. People always felt bad for me at games because of Dad, and Ma was always working, but I liked being on my own. I liked figuring out what I had to do and doing it. His coach was thrilled and put him back in for the second half. I mean, he was a pain in the ass, and that I was here and not practicing over at Gooch pissed me off, but watching him smash into the guys on the other team, watching the way he shook off his own pain, made me realize that I did the same thing—twirl my fist like I was revving myself up.

He had the same crooked smile. And once, when there was a pause in the action, and he was close to me on the sidelines, and he was hunched over, with his hands on his knees, he looked over at me and nodded. And I knew he was saying thank you. On the bus back to the West Side, he kept asking me about the game and what his team could have done better. That was his problem. And when he had a shot, he hesitated. Like you, man.

You were awesome today. So I stuck Willy on the end of one of the two picnic tables and went inside to see if it moved any faster. It still took awhile, and while I waited, I had to try to look everywhere else around the room except the one spot where I felt those eyes always watching me. Those eyes. My eyes. Dad, a pillar of stone, dressed like usual in his Class A blues. The rest of the photos were of people in the pizza shop, but not the one with Dad. His photo looked down on me.

When I was finally up near the front, I felt a tug at my arm. It was Jill. Like a moron. She offered some money but I waved her off. I had two giant slices and two Cokes by the necks of the bottles; she had two slices and a Coke.

She frowned, but in a cute way, like it was really a smile. I bet you were. He stood at the end of the picnic table and glanced back and forth at us while he shoved pizza into his face. Now what kind of world did I live in where my twelve-year-old brother was the cooler flirt than me?

But this someone needs to sit down today, huh? I pointed at Willy. Got me? His whole body probably blushed as deep red as his face. He gave her the dopiest smile. She was being super flirty, but not in the way I wanted her to mean it.

This had happened before. While we were talking, though, things were getting a little heated over by the corner. A couple of guys had walked up to two other guys in line and started barking.

People started yelling around them, and when one of the guys pushed one of the guys in line, they broke into punches. I jumped up and stuffed Willy into the seat behind me.

People yanked out their phones, calling the cops, but somebody must have called the cops already, because the berry lights flashed down the block. The guys in the fight tried to swing a few more punches, but people in the crowd had pulled them apart and locked them in arm holds.

But this was different. Another cop car pulled up and then another, then all eight cops started asking the crowd to disperse, only holding a few people back to ask questions. The four guys being cuffed were white. The cops, almost all of them were white, but two of them were black. It was impossible not to think about this as Paul slamming that black kid into the sidewalk the night before replayed in my mind. You hear bone. You see real blood.

And you taste the rust of it and it makes you sick. I broke into a sweat like I might puke. I turned to Willy and Jill. I was done with this. I could tell Jill was as distracted as I was, as if we both had private conversations going on in the back of our minds, and we used Willy, sandwiched between us, as the focal point of conversation.

You must be going. The sudden party? They might have been the same one. I slept late and woke up to an empty room.

No one. So nice. Sunday TV is just as bad as Saturday TV, so I left it off and laid there in the cold space, staring at the wall, thinking about everything. Me, English, Shannon, and Carlos—three-piece and fries. I was supposed to be all up on Tiffany Watts, giving her the business because even though I was soldier-boy when I was in school, everybody knew I was nice with the moves. I was the kid Spoony made dance in front of his friends when we were younger. Show them the latest steps that I picked up from music videos.

I owned the block party dance contests. My time to be at ease, and let the soul seep back into this soldier. Instead some big-ass cop decided to have a fist party on my face. No biggie. I have no rights. Just got body slammed for no reason. Just got my life threatened, while lying flat on the sidewalk. A broken nose, broken ribs, and a knee in the back is way more exciting than fine-ass girls checking for me after they finished checking for English.

Knock, knock. The door opened and there was Clarissa pushing my lunch cart in. She had one of those voices that no matter what, was nice. Like, it could never sound mean. You know how some people have those voices? Like kindergarten teachers or librarians? Make sure you try to get yourself up today. Also, I need you to blow into this, as hard as you can. But you need to cough. Luckily, it was a simpler process than the name suggests.

All I had to do, a few times every hour, was breathe in through the tube slowly, hold it, and then breathe out. Then she went through the routine of checking my vitals. Blood pressure, and whatever else. Who ever really knows what all those machines and stuff are anyway? I just know the one they put on my arm is for my blood pressure, but who, besides old people, even knows what blood pressure is? Once she left, I got myself up, which was way more painful than I thought it would be.

Who the hell knew broken ribs could make everything hurt? Or maybe it was that everything I did made the broken ribs hurt. Seemed like even blinking was painful.

I waddled slowly to the bathroom so I could handle my business—the post- sleep pee—which was interrupted by another knock at the door. This time, it was my family.

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