Divinity: A Novel

by Jon Young

A chance encounter in 1962 binds the lives of two ten-year old boys – Jim and James, one white, the other black – for the next twenty-five years as they confront racial conflict, school desegregation, the women’s movement, and the Carter and Reagan Administrations. Though set in the 1960’s, 70’s, and80’s, the novel depicts conflicts of race, social class, and political power that seem remarkably contemporary.

309 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 11, 2026

About the author

Jon Young is on the leading edge of animal tracking and understanding bird language. He has been exploring animal communication for 35 years and was mentored by the famous tracker Tom Brown Jr. as well as a tribal elder in Africa. Jon developed the 8 Shields Cultural Mentoring System, a model that has influenced more than 100 nature programs in communities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe and is also creator of the Shikari Method for data collection, which is used by the USFWS. Jon has given over 1,000 public presentations and has mentored numerous students of his own. Married, with six children, Jon lives in Santa Cruz, California.