And meanwhile, there's the matter of the watch, which it turns out the dead man's cohort of bank robbers would very much like back. godliness that has split Annelise from her family, and, in a quieter way, divides Huck's family too. As Huck's airplane takes shape, so does his burgeoning understanding of the world, including the battle over worldliness vs. As it turns out, she has had flying lessons-another sign. That summer also marks the arrival of his cousin Annelise, sent to live with the family under mysterious circumstances. Huck is building his own airplane, a fact he has concealed from his mother. When he and a friend find a dead body in a local creek, a rare Lindbergh flight watch on its wrist, it seems like a sign. The summer of 1937 will be a turning point for fourteen-year-old Houston "Huck" Finn. From the nationally bestselling author of Painted Horses, Malcolm Brooks returns with a soaring, spirited novel set during the summer of Amelia Earhart's final flight-a tale of American ingenuity and optimism set against the backdrop of a deepening Great Depression . . .
A teenager in Depression-era Montana with finds danger and adventure with a gangster's watch in this coming-of-age tale.
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