Set in William Kowalskis signature town of Mannville, New York, The Adventures of Flash Jackson is the story of tomboyish Haley Bombauer and her ambition to bust out of the confines of her smalltown upbringing. With compassion and humor, the novel tells of her emergence into a world that, in her words, was not designed with girls in mind, and her efforts to find a way to fit in without having to give up her beloved independence.Introduced to a vivid and exciting imaginary life by her now-dead father, who bestowed upon her the nickname Flash Jackson, Haley Bombauer confronts the summer of her seventeenth year with glorious anticipation. She envisions herself roaming the surrounding hillsides and forests on her beloved horse, Brother, venturing farther and farther away from her sleepy hometown and her ultracautious mother, who since the death of her husband has remained rooted firmly in the past.
