Author: scottsemegran
“A fantastic coming-of-age thriller.” — IndieReader (IR Approved)2021 First Place for Middle-Grade/Young Adult — Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards2021 Shortlisted — U.S. Selfies Book Awards2020 Quarter Finalist for Young Adult Fiction — The BookLife PrizeThe summer of 1986. Central Texas. William and his friends should be having a blast. Instead, they are hounded by the Thousand Oaks … Gang and their merciless leader, Bloody Billy. William found Billy’s backpack. And because of what it contains, Billy desperately wants it back, and he’ll do anything to get it. William hatches a plan for his friends to sneak away and hide in…
In this laugh-out-loud new release, young and earnest J. D. Wiswall dives into the bureaucratic world — and is quickly swept up in a zany scheme that draws the attention of his power-hungry bosses. “A comic sendup of state government… Lighthearted, deadpan” (Kirkus Reviews).
In Texas, three boys grapple with loneliness, poverty, and the remoteness of their dreams. This trio of stories is “sharp and unpretentiously thoughtful… An affecting literary depiction of the comforting power of friendship” (Kirkus Reviews).