The Alien Club - E-book - ePub

From your first kiss, to your last stand. The Alien Club is a coming-of-age novel that follows a 10-year-old boy forging his destiny without a destination in the summer of '79. The world outside his front door is an alien landscape.  The woods down the street from his dysfunctional, downtrodden home are the Wild West and the new Sheriff just left town. His physical, emotional, and mental capacities will not just be tested over 3 days, but more times than he cares to admit, bested.
  Peer pressure, drugs, violence, love, fear, hate and eternal happiness team up to test the child's loyalty to friends and family. Will his soul emerge the phoenix from the fire, or burn in hell?  Hopefully you'll laugh more than you'll cry. The story is meant to discuss real-life issues that make or break a human entering adulthood.  Child abuse is a main theme, as is peer pressure, bullying, and consequences for one's actions, regardless of the intent.  based on true events.   If the book had grandparents they would be, Lord of the Flies, The Outsiders, Goonies, The Body (The narative would be closer to the movie adaptation, Stand by Me)