Provenienza

“The Weekenders” introduces four twelve-year-olds who have been friends since kindergarten. They attend middle school in southern California and spend time together on weekends. Their family circumstances are diverse: Tino is the only son of a single mother, Carver is the middle child in an affluent African American family, Tish comes from an Eastern European immigrant family and Lor is the only girl among fourteen sports-minded brothers. Stories explore such topics as parent/child relations, sibling rivalry, acculturation, competition vs. compromise, responsibility, honesty, peer acceptance and loyalty.