Dodging flames and blades and breathing smoke, they run down the rabbits for three dollars a skin. Kids chase muck rabbits in the fields while the cane is being burned and harvested. Pinned between the everglades and the swampy banks of Lake Okeechobee, the small town produces sugar cane. When Charlie moves to the small town of Taper, Florida, he discovers a different world. Quest to save his family and to learn what it means to fly.” – Booklist *starred review* In the end, it is a tale of one boy’s daring The story moves at heart-pounding speeds, furthered by magic and mystery and rooted in ideas of familial bonds and self-discovery. “Wilson brings the stuff of folklore to life in this novel, as elements of Beowulf, voodoo, and zombie mythos combine with the everyday to fantastic effect.

Outlaws of Time – Official Book Trailer Outlaws of Time feature on Entertainment Weekly However, it’s an adventurous girl named Glory and two peculiar snakes who show Sam the way through the dark paths of yesterday to help him make sure there will be a tomorrow for every last person on earth. One is out to protect Sam so that he can accept his greatest destiny, and another is out to kill him so that a prophecy will never be fulfilled. But not all of these “time walkers” can be trusted. The laws of time can be bent and shifted by people with special magic that allows them to travel through the past, present, and future. And sometimes they make him believe that his arms might come alive again.īut Sam is about to discover that the world he knows and the world he imagines are separated by only one thing: time. Sometimes these dreams feel so real, they seem like forgotten memories. Sam Miracle’s life is made up of dreams, dreams where he’s a courageous, legendary hero instead of a foster kid with two bad arms that can barely move. Outlaws of Time: The Legend of Sam Miracle

The Dragon's Tooth by N.D. Wilson