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At Trails End: Homecoming
Paperback
Series: At Trails End, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 24 2025
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Schitt's Creek meets Vice Principals. The Inbetweeners move to Texas. The hilarious novel of being part of something you want no part of.
I don't suppose you have a dog, do you, Paul?
I did once, answered Mr. Matthew. Although not mine, but my first wife's. He was a Shih Zu. Well, not full-blooded, a mix, with a bulldog.
That's right. He was a Bull-Shih Zu. Great dog, just couldn't believe a word he said.
Welcome to the tiny, football-loving Texas hamlet of Trails End. A warm, friendly, kind of place embracing southern hospitality at its finest. Letting visitors know that if they ain't from here, it's best to keep moving.
And if four new high school boys could, they would. In their first month, they're blamed for a horrifying homecoming disaster, the torching of a gym, and a gut-wrenching hotdog spectacle.
Fortunately, they have Paul Matthew on their side. Mentor, guide, confidant, and high school history teacher. Only the last is true. And barely that. Proud anarchist is more apt.
And what to do if the entire school and town are against you? Start a garage rock band, of course. Born is The OutlawX, covering the hits of the greatest rock band to burst forth from Texas, ZZ-Top. First order of business: find out who ZZ-Top is, second, learn to play. Everything else is cake.
Strother's prose is sharp and snarky, particularly the dialogue. Kirkus Reviews
A combination of thought-provoking inspections and engrossing insights that are at once hilarious and semi-serious... D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
...the writing is authentic, witty, and heartfelt. Self-Publishing Review,
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