RATED TEEN +

Drugs

Wild Boars

Murder

Maggots

                                Swearing

                                Knife Fights

          Sixteen-year-old Bodie McCann is on a youth-rehabilitation outing when earthquakes rock the Ozarks of Arkansas.   Bodie finds himself stuck in the wilderness with four troubled teens.  He must draw on his survival skills, strength, and resourcefulness to deal with one obstacle after another in an attempt to escape the forest - and the other boys.  Along the way, he discovers something about himself and a lot about life.

"This young adolescent's book provides hook after hook to keep teens reading...Read it in a few short hours of gripping intensity!"

Donna Rothgeb, Retired Teacher

"This is refreshing...it gets so intense that one wants to put the book down for a breather.  Mike Klaassen has written another adventurous, powerful book.  Cracks is a book boys will relate to...A must read for young people and counselors leading youth rehabilitation groups...reminiscent of Lord of the Flies."

Judith Nasse,  Children's Book Reviews

(To view the first chapter of Cracks, click on the "FIRST CHAPTER" button above)

CRACKS may be purchased directly from the publisher at http://www.windstormcreative.com/blueworks/21715.htm