Bowtown Curvy
de Michael E. Williams, Steve Gierhart, Doyle Duke
When a 14 year old Asian-American from White Bluffs, Missouri is faced with the loneliness of lost parents and social isolation in high school, to what does he turn? How about the legacy of his dead father, the crumbling ruins of a unique roller coaster that haunts the cliffs and old mining tunnels overlooking the river and Bow Lake. Curtie Pomerantz lives with his Uncle Tommy in the home he shared with his mom and dad before tragedy struck. It is here Curtie finds old files of his father, a former Army engineer and inventor, that reveal the secret of the Curvy, the dilapidated roller coaster. Why did the Curvy shut down after it opened to pomp and promise? Why did the town blame his father for the deaths of several riders on that opening night? Why did they not investigate it more closely? The files hold the secret to the Curvy, and the possibility of a brief resurrection of the coaster that Curtie had been restoring in hit and miss fashion for two years. Curtie owes that to his family. To prove the doubters wrong and save his family's name. However, an adversary at school, an older delinquent, Ray Ramonkowsky, Ray-Ray for short, and his gang threaten Curtie's quest. How will it work out? Does the Curvy ride again? Read The Bowtown Curvy to find out and in the process see the heart-warming themes of family and perseverance join hands in Curtie's crusade of a lifetime.-Amazon