Epeolatry Book Review: In The Scrape By James Newman & Mark Steensland
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Title: In the Scrape
Authors: James Newman & Mark Steensland
Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications
Genre: Coming of Age
Release Date: January, 21st, 2023
Synopsis: Note: This is a re-release of ‘In the Scrape‘ from a new publisher. Be sure to also check out our original review for quite a different view of the release!
Most kids dream about a new bike, a pair of top-dollar sneakers endorsed by their favorite athlete, or that totally awesome videogame everyone’s raving about. But thirteen-year-old Jake and his little brother Matthew want nothing more than to escape from their abusive father. As soon as possible, they plan to run away to California, where they will reunite with their mother and live happily ever after.
It won’t be easy, though. After a scuffle with a local bully puts Jake’s arch-nemesis in the hospital, Sheriff Theresa McLelland starts poking her nose into their feud. During a trip to the family cabin for the opening weekend of deer-hunting season, Jake and Matthew kick their plan into action, leaving Dad tied to a chair as they flee into the night. Meanwhile, the bully and his father have their own plans for revenge, and the events to follow will forever change the lives of everyone involved . . .