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Chinook
A novel
by
Richard Wambolt
It dawned on me that she hadn’t divulged anything: how old she was, where she was from, why she was hiding, and who she was hiding from. I knew that I had come awfully close to chasing her off completely. If I pried too hard, she would take off and I would never see her again. I was also convinced that she was in trouble and that despite her objections she needed my help. I figured I could talk to my dad because he was technically in law enforcement, but I was quite sure that would get us both in more-than-less trouble, so that was out of the question. I couldn’t go to the police for the same reason. There seemed to be no solutions to the problem and that was mostly because I didn’t know the problem. It’s the summer of 1977 in Medicine Hat, Alberta and twelve-year-old Will Widmann’s biggest problems are worrying about starting junior high in the fall, maintaining his summer lawn-mowing business, and avoiding the bullying Lowe brothers. But a bigger problem emerges when he meets Harper, a tough-talking teenaged girl who seems to be hiding in fear for her life. Will doesn’t know it yet, but evil has come to sleepy Medicine Hat, and by helping Harper he’ll be running afoul of a criminal gang and ending up at the centre of a robbery, kidnapping, and murder plot that puts him into heart-stopping danger. Told in Will Widmann’s anxious, self-deprecating, and frequently hilarious voice, Chinook is a fast-paced thriller with a painfully observant perspective on emerging from childhood into adolescence as well as touching relationships; colorful, specific characters; complicated family dynamics; and sharp, funny dialogue.
Richard Wambolt grew up in Medicine Hat, Alberta and like Will Widmann of Chinook was once (a long time ago) an awkward twelve-year-old boy. In his life he has encountered many good people who had some wicked in them and vice versa. A few of these people changed the direction of his life, so he decided to write about how that can happen in a thriller with a sense of humour.
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