Once Upon A Mall

About the Book

Late 1989.

When twelve year old Billy Szentgyorgy moves to Sinking Spring, a suburb of Reading, Pennsylvania, nothing feels familiar. Not the school. Not the neighborhood. Not the uneasy feeling that he is somehow out of step with the world around him.

But slowly, things begin to change.

There are new friends. Snow covered streets. Bike rides through quiet neighborhoods after dark. School dances, awkward jokes, and endless afternoons at the Berkshire Mall beneath glowing skylights while winter gathers outside the glass.

For Billy, the mall becomes more than a place to spend time. It becomes the center of a world filled with first independence, first heartbreak, and moments that feel ordinary at the time but linger long afterward.

Set against the fading glow of late 1980s suburban America, Once Upon a Mall is a warm, nostalgic coming-of-age novel about family, friendship, first love, and the quiet moments that shape us forever.

About the Author

Alexander L. George is an author and businessman whose previously published work has focused primarily on history, aviation, and political commentary. He is the founder of a Florida-based advisory firm specializing in strategic counsel, arbitration support, aviation consulting, and complex negotiations.

Raised between cultures and influenced by his childhood years in Pennsylvania during the late twentieth century, George draws heavily from personal observation, regional memory, and the changing landscape of suburban America.

Once Upon a Mall is his first novel.