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On his first camping trip to the
Appalachian Mountains Tyler is attacked by bears and carried
off deep into the mountains. He escapes but is hopelessly
lost.
He
meets an old Cherokee man who helps him find his way home and
at the same time teaches Tyler about the mountains and the
Cherokee people.
This is also a story about a young man’s
search for answers about his heritage and the decisions he
makes.
138 pages, 34000
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From the author:
I started off writing a story for my
two year old grandson; something that he could read when he is older
and also something to know a little more about his family and
me. I let several people read it and they were thrilled with the
tale.
I have written several novels before I wrote Tyler Hill’s Decision,
but I decided for
my publishing debut this would be my first novel. It is in the genre
of Young Adult, but it is a tale everyone will enjoy. Young Adult
is— just that. It is not a children’s book but it is a book kids
and adults can read that has no graphic violence or sexual content.
It is a story with two
underlying tracks. At the forefront it is about a young man, 14
years old, who goes on an adventure he will never forget. Attacked
by bears and dragged off deep into the mountains Tyler manages to
escape but with the realization that he is hopelessly lost
and he almost loses heart. He meets a Cherokee man who guides
him back to his family while showing Tyler the wonders of the
Appalachian Mountains and the Cherokee people.
The underlying track is
about a young man who starts to wonder about his heritage. His peers,
in the sometimes harsh way they treat someone different, tease
and ask Tyler, “What are you?” The Cherokee man offers wisdom and advice,
but let’s Tyler know it is his decision to make.
This story has its
roots in my watching my three children grow and go through the
sometimes painful transition from childhood to man and womanhood.
I want you to find out for yourself that this is a good tale
and I promise you will enjoy it. It is also a book to give to young
people you know for their reading pleasure. It might surprise you to
know some of the things that run through young minds and this novel
might just show them they are not alone.
Before you read the
first chapter I want to thank my editor for her invaluable help in
making this novel more readable. Without her maticulous editing,
suggestions and comments this novel would be a good tale with poor
punctuation but now it is a great one.
I give you the first Chapter of Tyler Hill's Decision:
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Tyler Hill’s Decision
Chapter 1
Tyler Hill lay
in his sleeping bag, unable to sleep. It was late and he knew
from the sounds around him that everyone else was fast asleep.
He thought,
‘This must be what it’s like to be blind.’
It was pitch
black; he couldn’t see his hand in front of his face and he
was wide awake. He was excited about the climb up the mountain
in the coming morning. This was his first time camping deep in
the Appalachian Mountains and he was amazed at how cold it
could get at night, even in the summer.
He heard a noise
outside his tent. It sounded like a dog sniffing around for
food, but it must be a really big dog because the noise was
loud and close to his side of the tent. Then he heard grunts
and digging close by.
‘It must be a bear,’ he thought. ‘I told Lamar not
to bury the leftover food so close to the tent,’ but Lamar, Tyler's
best friend, wanted to see some bears. ‘Well here’s his big chance.’
He reached out and shook Lamar’s
sleeping bag and all he got was a grumble and blowing noise
out of Lamar. The grunts and sniffing noise stopped outside as
Lamar groaned.
‘That wasn’t a good idea,’ he thought.
Slowly the
noise started up again, but now it was moving towards the flap
opening in the front of the tent. Tyler reached for his pack
that held, among other things, his flashlight. He pulled the
bag inside his sleeping bag. He grasped the flashlight and
pointed it towards the front of the tent and slid the switch
forward. It was a really nice flashlight with brand new
batteries and the light shot out like a laser beam that
blinded him for a moment.
He closed
his eyes against the brightness and when he opened them again
he was looking into the face of a big black bear. Its nose was
wet and shiny black and it had beady little eyes set back from
a long snout. The bear’s fur was glossy black and its body
more than filled the entrance to the tent.
The beam of
light must have startled the bear because it rose up on its
hind legs, opened his muzzle and roared in what Tyler hoped
was fright. All Tyler could see now were four giant fangs as
the bear roared again.
When it roared it must have startled the
other bears that were searching for food because one of them
slapped and bit into the roaring bear’s rear end. The bear,
standing inside or really standing with the tent wrapped
around it, made a yelping sound of fright at being bitten and
having the nylon tent wrapping itself around him. It leaped
forward and Tyler rolled to the side as best he could while
still inside his sleeping bag. The ground shook where the
bear’s paws slammed into the earth next to Tyler’s head as it
ran off with the tent wrapped around its head.
Tyler turned the
beam of the flashlight towards the direction the bear had
taken and it was almost comical to see the beast slamming into
trees and bushes as it ran blindly through the forest. It hit
a larger pine tree that did not yield to its great power and
the bear fell to the ground but then it leaped back up to
continue its blind rampage through the forest.
Tyler turned the beam back and now he
was looking at not one but two big bears and, to his
consternation, they were looking at him. He tried to remember
all the instructions the scout leader had given to the boys
about what to do if they came across a bear. Don’t look
directly at them and back away very slowly until they lost
interest. Good advice, he guessed, except he was stuck inside
his mummy-style sleeping bag and the two bears didn’t seem to
be losing interest. They were both sniffing the air and one
lowered its head toward Tyler’s feet. Tyler rose up just
enough to look at the bottom of his sleeping bag and saw that
someone had rubbed peanut butter all over the bottom of it. At
that point he ducked into his bag, curled up into a ball and
turned the light off.
By now the boys were waking up in the
other tents around the camp and flashlights were shooting
white laser beams into the night.
There were shouts and screams and someone
was yelling, “Bears!”
At the same time the others were
beginning to panic the first bear had run in a circle and was
heading back into the camp with the tent firmly wrapped around
its head. It ran straight through another tent and it too
wrapped around the bear and tangled its feet. It tumbled to
the ground.
There were screams and people fleeing all
around but finally one of the leaders, who had brought a large
pistol with him, drew the pistol and fired two loud shots into
the air.
Everyone froze except the
three bears. The one wearing two tents sprang forward with
great speed and ran directly into the trunk of a giant pine
tree. It hit so hard it must have knocked itself out because
with a muffled grunt it hit the ground and lay still.
The other two
bears were busy trying to lap up the peanut butter and were
paying no attention to the screams and shouts until the pistol
went off. When it roared out, with fire leaping from the
barrel, the larger of the two bears snatched up the end of
Tyler’s sleeping bag and leaped forward with it dragging along
beside him. The other bear, having tasted the excellent brand
of peanut butter, was not about to let it get away so it was
right behind the other bear, trying to take a bite out of
Tyler’s sleeping bag.
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