I finished Chapter 19 of the new Angus Wolfe mystery/adventure known as The Secret of the Old Swing Bridge yesterday. This will be a 224-page novel for young readers, to be released in November. Price will be $19.95. A perfect gift for a boy or girl between 8 and 14 years of age! Parents, grandparents and other adults will enjoy the book too.
Here is an excerpt from a chapter which introduces the character above:
"Angus, tongue-tied, nodded and murmured in affirmation. Then the porch door opened again, more quietly this time, and his grandmother emerged with the other lady. "Mabel, I don't think this fellow was even born when you made your last visit. This is my oldest grandson, Angus." The boy stood up, smiled at the lady and said hello. "And this guy," his grandmother snuggled up to the tall man, rested her head affectionately on his shoulder and smiled up at his face, “this is the proprietor of Parry Sound’s most famous hunting and fishing lodge. Everyone calls him Big Jim." Angus couldn’t help breaking into a wide grin as he sized up the larger-than-life character in front of him. This was Amanda’s grandfather. No wonder she had been so outgoing. Then a black shape beyond the farthest verandah window caught his eye. He ran to the end of the porch, pressed his face against the window screen and stared at a shiny, immaculate 1949 Buick."
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