Kids Don't Build Boats

<p><span style=font-family: Arial Helvetica sans-serif; font-size: 12px;>The early 1940s weren’t easy years for America or the world at large. Jacob was just a young boy in New Hampshire when World War II broke out. His father was sent away to fight faceless monsters while Jacob and his remaining family moved in with his grandparents. It was easy living with his grandparents despite his mother’s worry that something might happen to Jacob’s father. One day though Jacob’s father came home. </span><br style=font-family: Arial Helvetica sans-serif; font-size: 12px; /><span style=font-family: Arial Helvetica sans-serif; font-size: 12px;>The family moved into their own home and just like the rest of America had to adjust to war-caused austerity. It wasn’t easy for young Jacob. He discovered that although he occasionally brought out the best in people he was more likely to bring out the worst. All he wanted was his freedom—freedom to ride his bike get a job shoveling snow and even build a boat for his father despite his father’s misgivings. </span><br style=font-family: Arial Helvetica sans-serif; font-size: 12px; /><span style=font-family: Arial Helvetica sans-serif; font-size: 12px;>Kids Don’t Build Boats follows young Jacob from a precocious child to a troubled teen. The church was always in the background as Christ loved Jacob despite his misbehavior. Jacob was lucky to have an everlasting friend through his tumultuous times and like Noah with the ark Jacob found a purpose and eventual peace.</span></p>