You might enjoy this one that I just finished written by an older brother of some Freeport high school friends: "Hull Creek" by Jim Nichols
Sandford Phippen's "Kitchen Boy" is excellent too. http://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Boy-Sanford-Phippen/dp/0942396774/ref=pd_sim_b_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1B80874QTY7KEFJM8G5Y