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Cloud of Witnesses
By Jane Hertenstein
“The stars and black sky closed over me. I was not Pip with
the hope of great expectations, just an eighth grader looking for a lucky
break.”
Book cover Clouds of Witnesses by author Jane
HertensteinRoland Tanner is looking for a benefactor, someone to rescue him
from his family, the sorriest characters he’s ever met: a sister who works at
the Curl Up and Dye salon, a brother who takes motors apart in their front
yard, a grandmother who flashes him the evil eye from her ragged vinyl
armchair, and a father who keeps him at arm’s length. Tested as gifted, Roland
gets bused from his poor, rural home to the middle school in town, where his
new classmates only see him as a hillbilly.
He is desperate to reach out beyond the power lines that
crisscross the hills surrounding the family’s trailer in southeastern Ohio. Yet
he’s afraid to step outside of himself to ask Patty to the dance, to stand up
for his friend Hassan, to see that his father loves him. It’s only when he
realizes he’s in charge of his destiny that Roland accepts the cloud of
witnesses, the saints and sinners all around him—that his future is whatever he
makes it.
Age range: 10-13
Grade level: 5-8
234 pages
Fall 2018 publication | $8.99
ISBN 978-1-7320276-2-6 print
ISBN 978-1-7320276-3-3 ebook
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