The Goats by Brock Cole [FIRST EDITION] 1987 • 8th Print • Farrar Straus Giroux

The Goats by Brock Cole

FIRST EDITION [1987] FARRAR STRAUS GIROUX 

8th Printing / 1990. 

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.  

Mild shelf wear to jacket and a clipped front panel; looks great in a new HQ brodart jacket protector.

Book itself looks and reads like new with just a short gift inscription on front endpaper.

A boy and a girl are stripped and marooned on a small island for the night. They are the "goats." The kids at camp think it's a great joke, just a harmless old tradition. But the goats don't see it that way. Instead of trying to get back to camp, they decide to call home. But no one can come and get them. So they're on their own, wandering through a small town trying to find clothing, food, and shelter, all while avoiding suspicious adults—especially the police. The boy and the girl find they rather like life on their own. If their parents ever do show up to rescue them, the boy and the girl might be long gone. . .