| Charles Brady s new novel is a story of heartbreak and hope, a realisticportrayal of the quest for new livesamong teenage delinquents-bud-ding criminals-boys who it seemedhad lost everything and on whomsociety had given up. Steve Zebley-Chief Steve to theboys of Maple Valley Camp-leadsten emotionally disturbed campers,some of whom would be in reformschool otherwise, to master thewilderness and thereby to masterthemselves. Paul, the bitter arsonist;Randy, the poor little rich boy whowas an accomplice to murder: George, whose obesity has causec him to hate-all learn to work together to survive, earning from th~unique camping program rehabilitation that works and another chancein life. By helping the boys learnresponsibility and win back theirself-esteem, Steve is able to forgivehimself for the great mistake of hisown life. The novel reaches its rivetingc.limax as the group-like latter-dayHuckleberry Finns-takes a dramaticthousand-mile raft trip .that ends inNew Orleans and leads to ti{e dis-covery of the spark of goodness ineach of the boys. |
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