This book is an example of the type of raw, unabashed coming of age tale produced before the Reagan '80's, with it's rising Moral Majority and overarching, self-righteous bookburners. Southern in setting, The Molting Season is the story of one boys' attempts to make sense of the adult world his circumstances have thrust him into, and the consequences of the decisions he makes while there. An exceptional read, a truly lost work, as no school circa 2012 would ever even allow it within their library walls, let alone reccomend it....