Trestle Over No Name Creek - Book Two

Book Two starts with a bang-well really-a crash. Meanderthaller friend Johnnie T crashes a gang picnic under the trestle in a surprise return from Texas and lands a bad-busted arm in his fall. Doc Bucky and other grown-ups to the rescue. The gangs first old friend Frank is dead and gone but his no-count giving and goldstone heart awards continue. With earning a goldstone heart award in mind the Meanderthallers volunteer to help Franks friend ol Mose with yard and garden work. Little C becomes friends with Koishka his old reprobate of a cat and ol Mose becomes their new/old friend. Melvin the Kansas City import member of the gang discovers a treasure in ol Moses new/old garage. An EJ decision saves him and Mary Clare when the Clown in Camo (almost hit by the high schoolers on the teeter-totter cart) appears. He is for real. He is scary. The Meanderthallers and grown-up friends are there when the CamoClown Johnnie T and Ronnie B crash-er-collide. Learning how junior high schoolers survived life in a l960s small town will challenge readers. Those who lived through it will nod and wonder. Kids of all ages will read and ask the same question: How did they do it?