Grant Farley
Author
Language
English
Description
In the bear-trap town of Archangel Valley in 1978, fifteen-year-old R.J. struggles to co-exist with the Blackjacks - a gang of petty but wicked criminals who recruit the innocent youth of the valley before they have a chance to become innocent adults. R.J. has people he wants to protect, like his crippled younger brother, Charley, who he carries around the valley like a backpack. He has people he wants to understand, like the physically precocious...