The Runaway (eBook, ePUB) - Kay, Terry
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Tom and Son Jesus, two 12-year-old boys--one black and one white born the same hour of the same day--are best friends, bound by deep ties and who spend their days dreaming, fishing, and trying to escape work. But their fun comes to an abrupt halt when they discover a human bone, which later turns out to be part of the skeletal remains of Son Jesus' long missing father. As sheriff Frank Rucker, a World War II hero, begins an investigation into remains, he unmasks the racially motivated killer known only as Pegleg. The sheriff's findings divide the people of Overton County, forcing a surprising…mehr

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Tom and Son Jesus, two 12-year-old boys--one black and one white born the same hour of the same day--are best friends, bound by deep ties and who spend their days dreaming, fishing, and trying to escape work. But their fun comes to an abrupt halt when they discover a human bone, which later turns out to be part of the skeletal remains of Son Jesus' long missing father. As sheriff Frank Rucker, a World War II hero, begins an investigation into remains, he unmasks the racially motivated killer known only as Pegleg. The sheriff's findings divide the people of Overton County, forcing a surprising conclusion--or beginning of justice. Set in the 1940s and using the relationships of two boys--one black and the other white--as a springboard for the beginning of desegregation in the South, The Runaway examines the joys, sorrows, conflicts, and racial disharmony of their historical biased environment.

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A 2006 inductee into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, and a 2009 recipient of the Governor's Award in the Humanities, Terry Kay has been further honored in 2015 by the Atlanta Writers Club's designation of its annual fiction award as The Terry Kay Prize for Fiction. A native of Hart County in northeast Georgia, Kay has been a sports writer and film/theater critic (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), a public relations executive and a corporate officer. He is the author of eighteen published books, including the 2020 release of The Forever Wish of Middy Sweet.His books have been published in more than twenty foreign languages, with To Dance With the White Dog selling two million copies in Japan. An essayist and regional Emmy-winning screenwriter as well as a novelist, Kay's work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. LaGrange College and Mercer University have recognized his work with honorary doctorate degrees.