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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 boysβCharles Edward βTrapperβ Trapp and the aptly-nicknamed, born-under-a-bad-sign Boogie Smith, the novelβs narratorβand that day, decades ago, when time almost stopped for the boys. When the novel opens, itβs over a half century later and time finally has stoppedβat 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 moreβfar moreβthan 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 βthe last and most important missionβ 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 expectedβ¦ On that dayβa 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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