(pb; 2019)
From the back cover
“Most kids dream about a new bike, a pair of top-dollar sneakers endorsed by their favorite athlete, or that totally awesome videogame everyone’s raving about. But thirteen-year-old Jake and his little brother Matthew want nothing more than to escape from their abusive father. As soon as possible, they plan to run away to California, where they will reunite with their mother and live happily ever after.
“It won’t be easy, though.
After a scuffle with a local bully puts Jake’s arch-nemesis in the hospital,
Sheriff Theresa McLelland starts poling her nose into their feud. During a trip
to the family cabin for opening weekend of deer-hunting season, Jake and
Matthew kick their plan into action, leaving Dad tied to a chair as they flee
into the night. Meanwhile, the bully and his father have their own plans for revenge,
and the events to follow will forever change the lives of everyone involved.”
Review
This 94-page novella, told from
the vivid perspective of thirteen-year-old Jake Bradersen, is a straightforward
tale of abuse, violence and redemption, with a few effective twists in the mix—a
solid read by excellent writers, it’s a dark, wrong-side-of-the-woods coming-of-age
work.
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