The
Bridge and The Paperboy by Stan Crader
Virtual
Book Tour November 15 - December 14, 2012
Tommy
Thompson recalls with vivid detail the summer of 1967, when he was twelve years
old and living in a small town in rural America. At that time in his life, all
he wanted was a Honda motorbike, and he believed the smartest person in the
world was his Uncle Cletus. The Bridge follows Tommy's summer-long quest for the
Honda and his love, Wendy, whom he pursues with the comical romanticism of a
young boy.
During the course of the summer Tommy helps his best friend, Booger, cope with family tragedy. He is terrorized by Clyde Goodpasture, the biggest bully in the sixth grade, and the town of Colby is shaken by news that its hat factory will close. While he isn't a religious child, Tommy faces these challenges armed with the few Bible verses that he knows and the support of his Christian family. Tommy has a knack for doing the right thing and ultimately makes a sacrifice that shows without a doubt that his heart is in the right place.
PAPERBOY
In
Paperboy, change is coming to Colby. The shoe factory has sold and a hat factory
is taking its place. A factory manager has been named and he's definitely not
from Colby. There's an influx of interesting newcomers.
The
high school principal is also new to Colby. He must deal with teenage pregnancy,
the snooping high school office secretary, and the Colby Curls rumor mill. He,
too, has a mysterious past and uses it to his advantage.
The
pregnant teen and her auto-mechanic single mother aren't Colby natives either.
Rumors about both abound. The mother has a past which touches the present, and
eventually involves the entire town. Tommy and Booger, while delivering the
Colby Telegraph, discover that Colby's patriarch, Mr. Koch, has a heroic but
classified history. While raking leaves for Mrs. Whitener, they learn the origin
of her accent and how she got to Colby. It's not what most people
think.
Jupiter
Storm, the town's primary purveyor of gossip, whose opinion always exceeds his
knowledge, is perpetually annoying. But Tommy and Booger learn that Jupiter is a
decorated World War II veteran. And when a threatening stranger appears on the
scene, the entire town learns of Jupiter's unique but redeeming skill. How will
Colby be different, and how will it be the same?
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