The Seed: Stories from the River's Edge
A boy faces a ghost dog, armed only with his father’s memory. A mother must find the strength to free her mermaid daughter. A teenager stands up to her manipulative uncle, despite the consequences. A woman drowns her children and pays the ultimate price. A man must help a town learn to stave off dark forces that would steal all their children. A girl must accept her role as the protector of her people.

By turns humorous, dark, exciting and thoughtful, these sixteen tales—ranging from retellings of urban legends to original explorations of the culture and mythos of northern Mexico and the US Southwest—take readers to the heart of a culture for which struggle against all odds is a way of life. The extraordinary circumstances in which the characters of these stories find themselves, the way in which each person seeks to face the mysteries of life, illuminates the weakness and strengths of all human beings.
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The Seed: Stories from the River's Edge
A boy faces a ghost dog, armed only with his father’s memory. A mother must find the strength to free her mermaid daughter. A teenager stands up to her manipulative uncle, despite the consequences. A woman drowns her children and pays the ultimate price. A man must help a town learn to stave off dark forces that would steal all their children. A girl must accept her role as the protector of her people.

By turns humorous, dark, exciting and thoughtful, these sixteen tales—ranging from retellings of urban legends to original explorations of the culture and mythos of northern Mexico and the US Southwest—take readers to the heart of a culture for which struggle against all odds is a way of life. The extraordinary circumstances in which the characters of these stories find themselves, the way in which each person seeks to face the mysteries of life, illuminates the weakness and strengths of all human beings.
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The Seed: Stories from the River's Edge

The Seed: Stories from the River's Edge

The Seed: Stories from the River's Edge

The Seed: Stories from the River's Edge

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Overview

A boy faces a ghost dog, armed only with his father’s memory. A mother must find the strength to free her mermaid daughter. A teenager stands up to her manipulative uncle, despite the consequences. A woman drowns her children and pays the ultimate price. A man must help a town learn to stave off dark forces that would steal all their children. A girl must accept her role as the protector of her people.

By turns humorous, dark, exciting and thoughtful, these sixteen tales—ranging from retellings of urban legends to original explorations of the culture and mythos of northern Mexico and the US Southwest—take readers to the heart of a culture for which struggle against all odds is a way of life. The extraordinary circumstances in which the characters of these stories find themselves, the way in which each person seeks to face the mysteries of life, illuminates the weakness and strengths of all human beings.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940013197664
Publisher: Absey & Company
Publication date: 04/01/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 197
File size: 522 KB

About the Author

David Bowles was born in 1970 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, but has lived the majority of his life in South Carolina and the Río Grande Valley of south Texas, where he presently resides with his wife and children. Since 1994 he has worked in public education, as a teacher, administrator and university professor. A writer of young adult fiction, Latino-themed magical realism and politically speculative science fiction, Bowles has launched his D'Angelo Chronicles through VAO Publishing, a division of Valley Artistic Outreach. In April of 2011, Absey & Co. published The Seed: Stories from the River's Edge, a collection of YA short stories the author collaborated with his wife, Angélica Maldonado, to create.
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