Sixteen Vs, Book Four, The Young Adult Years

Immediately after moving to his last "at home" location, Victor spends the first summer away from home. Hard work leads to some hilarious and dangerous situations. His initial "puppy love" exposure to girlfriends result in failure due to misguided manipulation. Consequently, trouble follows him home temporarily. Then, he utilizes shop skills to improve his household into more modern times. Not only is schoolwork more challenging, so is school sports. His semi-success in track and basketball met with a disappointing, and surprising, football end. Assisting household animals leads to some funny and unusual educational events with a "smelly" outcome. Next, he narrowly escapes being killed and getting expelled when he is involved in a Chemistry room mishap. Only coincidence, or a "higher authority," prevented almost blowing up one end of the school. But, that was only the first deadly potential incident. Getting an apartment leads to more freedom, but came with more problems.
His next exposure to girls results in unusual starts, heartbreaks, outstanding memories, and awkward situations. After suffering through a few more life lessons and bad decisions, he meets the person he eventually marries. With such an unusual start, it's amazing they ever married. But, his success in graduating High School was dampened by several job changes before marriage. Also, the joy expected in marriage was clouded by sickness and the Vietnam War, which prompted his military draft.