The Unionville Bear

Bears football playing days were over when he stole a handgun from his fathers gun case and took it to school. He was a member of a dysfunctional family. The family was always on the move to escape bad debts etc. Their last move was to the north side of Lake Lemon. Bears father was a strike breaker and spent most of his time in other states. His mother worked in a local bar and ran off with another man. As a result Bear was given the awesome responsibility of taking care of himself his sister and little brother while his father was away from home for several days at a time. Bear wanted and desperately needed to be a part of the social life of the middle school students at Unionville School. The school was approximately three miles from his home as the crow flies. The school bus route doubled the distance. However with the help of his mother younger sister and the loan of his friends canoe he was able to practice football after school. Bears new found world came crashing down when he got into a fight at school and his father was contacted by the assistant principal.