Category: Young Adult/Teen Publisher: Ben Woodard
ISBN-10: B005J1JQAK
Type: Fiction
Copyright: Aug 22, 2011
Two boys attempt to cross a train trestle at night for excitement, but one has an ulterior motive—he’s not sure he wants to come back.
Tom craves danger—to forget. He persuades his cousin Will to walk across High Bridge, a single track railroad bridge with no railings. Danger follows them onto the track, and Tom has to make a deadly choice.
This is a YA short story.
Excerpt
At the next full moon they grabbed flashlights and slogged through the dew-wet fields. The river sweated fog that rolled over the hillsides turned by the wind into swirling wraiths. The Kentucky countryside resembled an eerie graveyard of lost souls. The cold dampness filled Tom’s every pore.
The sequel to Goalden Girl. Gemma's school football team is well-established. Her young step-sister Portia is also becoming a promising player, until an accident changes her life forever
