Rambunctious

<p>n these nine stories of determination seemingly ordinary people find themselves in extraordinary circumstances as they confront their fears and embrace their challenges on a near-future Earth or an alternate-history past or even on a far distant alien world.  </p><p> </p><p>• A single parent with a Down-syndrome daughter considers what his life and career might have been as a parent and a pro football player in some alternate reality. </p><p> </p><p>• A young girl on an isolated Florida island discovers that her quirky grandparents are even stranger than she thought. </p><p> </p><p>• A high-school basketball player confronts the ghosts of her past.</p><p> </p><p>• A young woman struggles to make peace with the horrors of her forgotten childhood.</p><p> </p><p>• An elderly woman slides into dementia even as she finds some essential truths that were lost in the hazy mists of her memory.</p><p> </p><p>• A baseball player becomes a spy during an alternate-history version of World War II where he plays a pivotal role in stopping the Nazi war machine.</p><p> </p><p>A powerful and poignant collection of memorable stories from an award-winning storyteller <em>Rambunctious</em>: <em>Nine Tales of Determination </em>is charming action-packed frightening and thoughtful by turn.   </p>