Great Crossover with YA MarketJimmy Lee Hickam grew up deep in the
bowels of Appalachian Ohio, on the poorest road in the poorest
county in the poorest region of the state. To make things worse,
the name Hickam is synonymous with trouble. Jimmy Lee hails from a
mix of thieves, moonshiners, and drunkards who for decades have
clung to both the hardscrabble hills and the iron bars of every
jail cell in the region. This life, Jimmy Lee believes, is his
destiny: working with his drunkard father at the sawmill, or
sitting next to his arsonist brother in the penitentiary.If not for
an inspiring coach and Jimmy Lee's ability to play football, he
would not have returned for his junior year in high school. When
his visionary English teacher cuts Jimmy Lee a break, preserving
his eligibility for the coming football season, he rewards her with
a winning essay in the high school writing contest.When irate
parents and administration claim he has cheated, his teacher takes
Jimmy Lee's writing talent as far as it can go, showing him the
path out of the hills of Appalachia.Terrific characterizations,
surprising revelations, gut-wrenching past betrayals, and an
unforgettable cast of characters borne of the dusty worn-out
landscape of Southeastern Ohio, make The Essay a powerful,
evocative, and incredibly moving novel. Skyhorse Publishing, as
well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to
publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionÂ
novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire,
historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery,
classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics
including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While
not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a
national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are
sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise
find a home.
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