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The Peppertree Press
November 2012
On Sale: October 31, 2012
368 pages
ISBN: 1614931127
EAN: 9781614931126
Kindle: B00B3DACT2
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The Boogie Trapp is the story of two young boys—Charles
Edward “Trapper” Trapp and the aptly-nicknamed,
born-under-a-bad-sign Boogie Smith, the novel’s narrator—and
that day, decades ago, when time almost stopped for the boys. When the novel opens, it’s over a half century later and
time finally has stopped—at least for one. Protagonist and
narrator Smith, now 72, recounts the day he receives word
that his old friend Trapper has passed away. But there is
more—far more—than simply grieving the loss of his friend.
Weeks later, just as he knew he would, Smith receives a
letter from Trapper reminding him to complete what Trapper
calls “the last and most important mission” of his life. Completing that mission means rewinding to April 1949 in
Black Creek, Alabama, a small coal mining town just north of
Birmingham. Like most of the mining towns of its day, Black
Creek has long since vanished, but a dark memory remains.
And what follows is the story of that day, April 9, 1949.
The day when everything changed. Friends since the age of five, inseparable since the age of
12, Boogie and Trapper, now 13, had a friendship that went
deeper than most, probably because the two were so much
alike. Not only did the two look alike and have similar
interests, but both boys felt superior to everyone,
including each other. Egotistical, overbearing, crude in the
way that only 13-year-old boys can be, Boogie and Trapper
argued and fought with each other constantly. But they were
friends---friends who deep down may not have even liked each
other. Even still, life was good for the two. But bad
things, as anyone knows, can happen when least expected… On that day—a day that would be painful to remember,
impossible to forget--one choice sets into motion an
unspeakable chain of events. A predator. Two unsuspecting
kids. An unconscionable and shameful act of brutality,
violence, and rage. A choice.
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