Billy Goat Hill - Hardcover

Morris, Mark Stanleigh

3.56

70 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590524063 ISBN 13: 9781590524060

Publisher: Multnomah Books, 2005

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1958. Eisenhower is in the White House, Elvis is in the army, and eight-year-old Wade Parker is thrilled that Duke Snider and the Dodgers have moved west from Brooklyn. Yet all is not well in the Parker household. On the darkest day of his young life, Wade plunges into the midst of an unimaginable crisis. Worse yet, his younger brother witnessed what happened, and he can't keep a secret for a truckload of Abba-Zabbas. With an abundance of brotherly love and the unseen grace of God, the brothers venture alone on dangerous exploits around northeast Los Angeles. A powerfully imaginative coming-of-age story seasoned with hooligan humor, Billy Goat Hill is an inspiring account of a young man's quest for God. Culminating with a startling climax, the reader is embraced by the central theme of forgiveness and salvation that can only come from a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

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About the Author:

Mark Morris was born in Pasadena, California and spent his childhood in northeast Los Angeles. He also lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay area where he served as a reserve police officer. A corporate executive and business consultant for twenty-five years, he has also worked in Christian broadcasting both in Nevada and Oregon. His passion is writing on the theme of forgiveness. He currently lives in Central Oregon with his wife, Karen, and has three grown children.

From AudioFile:

Abandoned by their alcoholic father, 8-year-old Wade Parker and his obnoxious little brother, Luke, draw close in the face of family tragedy. To escape problems beyond their control, they race cardboard cars down Billy Goat Hill--and discover a murder. Kevin King's narration is tediously even. His depiction of Luke with an irritating whiny voice makes the boy unsympathetic. Both the introduction of murder into the plot and the character of a policeman with evangelical inclinations seem contrived and inauthentic. The bright spots in the audio are King's depiction of neighborhood bullies and the jazz music breaks that set the mood and tone of Los Angeles in 1958. G.D.W. � AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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