Warming Up: A Novel

When a new-kid-on-the-block steals an heirloom harmonica from a beloved elderly neighbor, a group of friends plot to takes matters into their own hands. Everyone knows Billy Canner has Stan’s harmonica. They’ve heard the tones wafting down from his window. But he’s denying he has it and his parents are defending him.

As the summer before junior high begins, Marcella is looking forward to sitting on Stan’s front porch listening to him play and losing herself in the tales he tells. All the kids on Second Avenue have grown up listening to Stan. Life in West Harbor has a rhythm and Stan’s music is part of it.

But this summer, the presence of a new family will change the tune forever.