The Redneck Poacher's Son

About the Book

16-year-old Jessie Watersmith was raised in the backwoods of Alabama by his family of moonshing poachers. Rejecting his father’s violence and racism, Jessie investigates his mother’s death and comes ever closer to the conclusion that his father, Twaint, killed her. Twaint’s final crime convinces Jessie that never in this life can he escape his father’s reach. He climbs the red oak with a stolen .22, and stretches himself along the limb above the trail to wait.

"Wallin's …story leap[s] from the mouths of his characters in an unusual show of craft. His ear for the Southern dialect is as sharp as anyone writing today.
—Chattanooga Times

"A well-written, sensitive novel."
—Voya

About the Author

Luke Wallin is a Mississippi writer and musician with eight award-winning novels for adults and young adults. He holds an MFA from Iowa and teaches at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Visit him on the web and hear his songs at http://www.lukewallin.com.