Golden is the story of Margherite Murphy, a thirteen-year-old who declares herself a hippie during the summer of 1967. Happy with herself for the first time in her life, she is totally unprepared for the hostile reactions of the people around her who are threatened by her new identity. How do you take an ostracized kid, unsympathetic teachers, frustrated parents, race riots, a police riot, a war, ethnic stereotypes, a couple of assassinations, a vile talk show host, a landmark Supreme Court decision, and a cultural revolution and make them add up to a happy ending? Golden manages to do just that.

Along with an interview with the author and a list of 1960s-related internet resources, the book includes a section titled, “A Day In The Sixties”, in which the 53-year-old author gives kids of the new millennium some first-hand insight into what everyday life was like during a time “when the world was simpler, if not as user friendly”.

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