Shaking the Tree

by Keith R. Rees

Nicholas Havens grew up quickly in rural 1960's Mississippi. By the age of twelve, he could drive a pickup and a cotton picker. Such was life as the son of a second generation cotton farmer. He was charged with doing much hard work but with little direction and parental guidance.


That is until he meets Sooter, the straight-talking African-American laborer who worked for the Havens family all his life. Sooter's passion was the small pecan orchard that he maintained and harvested each fall. It is the orchard where Sooter and Nicholas form a lasting friendship in which the old man teaches Nicholas the ways of the orchard, as well as lessons in life.


Shaking the Tree is the comical, yet dramatic coming-of-age tale of a young boy who makes a life-long friend while growing up in the hard life of a rural farming community.

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Published November 25, 2014

About the author

Keith R. Rees is a best selling author, motivational speaker, and host of Here is the News. He has been writing independently for over 28 years now. He has just released the sci-fi adventure, the 4-part 2095 Series. Also Part 2 of the One Night Trilogy, HOT NIGHT IN BUDAPEST was just released in 2023. It is the first sequel to the 2018 sci-fi novel, ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK. In 2022, the paranormal romance and time travel murder mystery, 8 DAYS ON MAUI was released. In July 2021, he released science fiction adventure, 2095, and also his first children's book for young readers, called THIS ENCHANTED OLD RUIN. In early 2021 he also released the historical fiction epic, BEATIFIC. 2020 he released LEGEND AT LANANA CREEK, the sequel to the 2007 historical classic, LEGEND UPON THE CANE. He has always been a fan of science fiction, particularly stories that involve time travel. He likes to write stories that have a realistic or human side to them.