[1] Matt a fourteen your old boy living on Long Island in 1973 takes a job with Dan a clam digger so that he can earn enough money to buy a used Boston Whaler.

The One O'Clock Chop is a daily breeze that suddenly moves across the bay where Matt lives roughening up the smooth surface.

"[2] Publishers Weekly in their review said "Fletcher turns a coming-of-age story into a rich, affecting read.

"[3] Suzanne Gordon reviewing for the School Library Journal said "plenty of universal teen fascinations and concerns exist for those readers willing to enter Matt's world and give themselves over to this smoothly paced and competently written novel.

[4] Kirkus Reviews said "Fletcher's insight into Matt and his boat dreams fly off the page with a solid resonance that will make this a quick, light, summer beach read.