The author of Ventura and Zelzah follows up that critically acclaimed debut novel with Ventura and Winnetka, a stand-alone work that furthers the adventures of Douglas and his friends as they come of age in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley in the late 1970s.As seniors in high school, the gang spends their final year before college practicing crazy car stunts, getting high, obsessing about girls, passionately listening to the great rock and roll of the ’60...

Introduces YA readers to the extremely permissive milieu of 1970’s suburban Los Angeles.Addresses issues specific to teenage boys, including peer pressure, negotiating the minefield of a first romance, and coping with the treacherous territory between the naivete of adolescence and the temptations of young adulthood.Adult crossover appeal as a nostalgic look back at teenagers in the 1970s that will resonate with baby boomers.National PR campaign targeted at media ou...