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Angel's Rest
by Charles Davis

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Growing up in Virginia's Allegheny Mountains, eleven-year-old Charlie York lives at the foot of an endless peak called Angel's Rest, a place his momma told him angels rested before coming down to help folks. In 1967 his town was a poor boy's paradise...until a shotgun blast killed Charlie's father and put his mother on trial for murder.

For mysterious reasons, his mother entrusts his care to an old black man named Lacy Albert Coe. Lacy tells simple stories about the good and the bad that compose life's sweetest music. But when Hollis Thrasher, a reclusive Korean War veteran, is linked to his father's death and Lacy is victimized by hate crimes, Charlie hears only silence. It's not until Charlie embarks on a dangerous midnight journey pitting him against his darkest fears that he finally hears his own song playing out.

In this remarkable debut, Charles Davis weaves together an unforgettable melody of a mother's love, a hero's return to the living, and a boy who discovers angels do exist.

Charles Davis is a former federal law enforcement officer and U.S. Army soldier. In 1999 he moved from the coast of Maine to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, rented a beach house, got a part-time job as a construction worker, and began writing his first novel. The author currently lives in New Hampshire with his wife, son, and dog, where he's working on a second novel set in the hills and endless blue ridges of Virginia, the place he grew up and calls home.

Review:

"At the start of Davis's beautifully written debut, 11-year-old Charlie York leads an idyllic life in the shadow of Angel's Rest, a mountain in the Virginia Alleghenies 'so high the earth's caretakers took breaks on the peaks before they came down to help those in need of God's assistance.' Then, one late afternoon in 1967, Charlie's father is killed by a shotgun blast and his mother is arrested for murder. Put in the care of Lacy Albert Coe, an old black man, Charlie hears the music of Coe's many stories as he tries to understand the hate that fills the people of rural Sunnyside, Va. Charlie vacillates between wanting to escape on a raft like Huck Finn and wanting to know the truth behind the tragedy. Was it an accident? Or was his mother guilty of murder? Or was the killer really the reclusive Korean War veteran, Hollis Thrasher, who had been seen walking from their house that afternoon? In his painful search for answers, Charlie leaves childhood behind and gains an unparalleled understanding of courage and love. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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In 1967, a shotgun blast kills Charlie's father and puts his mother on trial for murder. When Hollis Thrasher, a reclusive Korean War veteran, is linked to his father's death, Charlie embarks on a dangerous midnight journey pitting him against his darkest fears.

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T.K. Elliott, August 6, 2008 (view all comments by T.K. Elliott)
Mr Davis....

What can I say I'm waiting for your next work of art. Your choice of subject and character are so very awesome. I read about 100 or more books a year and this by far is the best book I've read all year.


I didn't put the book down for a minute.
Read it from cover to cover. The characters come to life as you read each page.
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bscheldt, September 5, 2006 (view all comments by bscheldt)
The cover of this book is what first attracked my attention! The book was even better than the cover! I could not stop reading this book until I had finished it. The characters are so real; you can feel the emotions! The main character of the story, a young boy, discovers the twists and turns life and death can take while living at Angel's Rest. This is a book I won't long forget and will probably read again! I'm hoping Charles Davis writes another book soon; I'm hooked!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780778323044
Publisher:
Mira Books
Subject:
General
Author:
Davis, Charles
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Boys
Subject:
Virginia
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
2006
Publication Date:
September 2006
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
329
Dimensions:
9.5 x 6.25 in
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