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Favorite Sons (2011)

by Robin Yocum(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1611450047 (ISBN13: 9781611450040)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Arcade Publishing

review 1: 4.5 stars. You witness one of your best friends accidentally kill someone in self-defense. Telling the authorities could damage his and your future. A paroled child-molester gets accused of the murder and sent to prison for 30+ years. How long could you keep the secret? Could you just put it behind you and move on with your life? What if the secret wasn't as "close to the vest" as you originally thought? What if someone else threatened to expose the secret and destroy the lives of everyone involved?This is a book of friendship, loyalty, secrets, intrigue and mystery. Absolute page-turner. Couldn't put it down!I didn't give this book five stars because there were one or two disturbing scenes that I had a difficult time getting out of my head and I found it hard to s... moreleep. I guess that's no fault of the author, I just wish they were a little less descriptive. What can I say, I have young children and some things I just don't want to read about.
review 2: I was torn between four and five stars, but I think that the Ohio setting and author pushed it to five for me. :)This is the story of four teenage boys who set off to collect arrowheads one summer day. On their way back, they encounter a developmentally delayed older boy who is the town menace. The older boy ends up dead and the four boys make a pact to keep their role in his death a secret. This decision affects each of the boys differently until everything, eventually, comes to a head.This was a page turner and I really enjoyed Yocum's writing style. less

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