Twelve Feet Down

<p><strong>Whoever said life would be easy ... was a liar</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>A car wreck took away his father and his leg. But a year later thirteen-year-old Joseph McKinnon has a mission and it begins with an underground construction project in the woods.</p><p><br></p><p>Joe's relying on dad's buddy Fred to get the supplies he needs and to keep things secret from mom. Aside from that Joe plans to finish the project alone-so he thinks. But help keeps knocking people interfere and the situation gets dangerous.</p><p><br></p><p>If that's not enough Joe must deliver two speeches in his language arts class and the only thing he fears more than public speaking is death-but there's no escaping the inevitable. Or is there?</p><p><br></p><p>Accepting help from others wasn't part of the original plan. Neither was lying so much. And while there's no telling how deep his lies will go he's definitely dug himself a hole ... twelve feet down.</p>