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Sonny's Secret
Paperback
ISBN13: 9780692746615
Publisher: Kingdom Builders Publications
Published: Jul 5 2016
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
SONNY'S SECRET is a fiction novel set in South Carolina in 1945. Ten-year old Sonny Sims is swinging two stories up on a decaying, rusty gutter-drain. As the pipe separates from the wall Sonny dives for a window ledge and pulls himself into the top-floor of the dark, abandoned cotton warehou se that he, Tommy, and Brian were planning to explore .
As Sonny creeps downstairs, he hears a noise and dives into a coffin -size box filled with years-old moldy cotton . Just as he pulls the lid over, Sonny hears voices: Help me
shove this crate over by that window; I'll deal us a few
hands of five-card-stud while we wait for Gus . Sonny is terrified when he realizes that the ones playing cards inches above his head are highly -feared local Police Chief Garland Webb and School Superintendent JT Mcgloklin .
Gus Segars, a local gambling club owner, arrives with a truckload of hijacked military whiskey . As the gang celebrates, Sonny hears them discuss hijacking plans and a possible murder . As Sonny 's friends Tommy and Brian run with their bikes, Brian bumps the building . Garland sees Sonny 's collie and tells the group he thinks Sonny was
Messing round . They vow to Take care of Sonny Sims . they go outside to unload the truck, Sonny slips out of box and runs home.
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