Big Clifty Star Route

<p>The book Big Clifty Star Route explores a year in the life of Bud a ten-year-old boy in the small rural community of Limp Kentucky. The story begins with several adventures brought on by a massive January snowstorm and builds to a climax of an unexpected Christmas experience. Bud struggles to understand his father Pap who is significantly older and who adheres to a different faith. Dewey Hodge who owns the local country store becomes a father figure for Bud. Bud collects pop bottles to buy his dream pocketknife and meets a new friend Claire Marie. They develop a childhood romance with unexpected consequences as Bud discovers his own identity. Along the way Bud learns valuable life lessons including hard work honesty consequences and his place in God's creation.</p>