Frank Armstrong, Drop Kicker

Summer changes everything for Frank Armstrong. When Frank and his friends spot an opportunity to transform their lazy days by the water into something more, they don't ask permission, they build a ferry business from nothing. With a weathered motorboat, a borrowed渔夫's expertise, and nothing but nerve, they launch the Queen's Ferry and set about proving that boys with determination can handle more than anyone expects. But it's Frank's split-second decision to dive into the bay after a drowning girl that truly launches their enterprise, not with money, but with something even more valuable: the community's trust. Written in 1912, this is adventure fiction that understands how young people actually learn the weight of responsibility: not through lectures, but through doing. The prose fizzes with the particular energy of boys solving problems, making mistakes, and refusing to quit. For readers who loved Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, who believe the best summer adventures involve both genuine peril and genuine pride, this novel delivers the kind of story that makes you want to grab a friend and start your own kingdom by the water.