| Kent: In the Belly of the Whale Contributor(s): Swartsfager, Ames K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1096854430 ISBN-13: 9781096854432 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.02 lbs) 346 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kent is 12 years old when his family moves into the Mission District of San Francisco in 1952. Up to this point he lived a quiet life in small towns where his father was a minister. The first week of school someone attempts to stab Kent and he is chased and beaten by a gang daily. To save himself he joins the White Shoe gang and has the gang's backing. Being a preacher's kid, Kent finds himself in a dichotomy: Does God exist or is the gang all there is? He must go to church and act as a perfect teenager and at the same time join the gang's nefarious activities.How is he going to get out of this dangerous and hateful situation? |
