Punk Smith

by Andy Decker

Punk don’t care and you can’t make him. No one can. His mother Sara quit trying and his teachers don’t know how. The school counselors have the paperwork to prove it. Against a backdrop of public education we seldom stand to confront, even the lost and unreachable are not beyond the purposes of the grace.So what happens when Peter Dwayne Smith, this second-time seventh-grader, kills a man and no one believes him when he tells? Even Kip, his one and only friend doesn’t buy the story. Punk begins a journey to find a confessor. Through the labyrinth of his small world, the boy is guided through what he knows only by television clichés, a history of dismissive contempt, and the memory of the last time his mom tried to help. What he discovers is something far more powerful than he ever imagined.

177 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 23, 2012

About the author

Andy Decker is a Pastor of a small church in central Illinois. Additionally, he teaches different levels of English Composition and introductory literature courses at Illinois Central College. When he is not busy at these two endeavours and when his teenage daughters are at either green or yellow levels of threat potential, he likes to write, eat, and stare off at nothing in particular. Please visit his blog for more information.