Young Raymond Bolt never intends to go to Kentucky. But after hiding in a freight car, the fourteen-year-old Chicago boy finds himself unexpectedly carried south, where he is welcomed among the Bell family near Withrose Creek. There, with Leo and Hunter for companions, Raymond gets his first taste of Kentucky country life just as maple-sugaring season begins.
The sugar camp, however, is only the beginning. New friendships, family difficulties, curious investigations, and unexpected discoveries bring Raymond back to Kentucky and lead the boys into adventures they could never have anticipated. Along the way, the resourceful city boy discovers just how much country life—and his new friends—have come to mean to him.
Returning to the setting and familiar characters of The Old Mill on the Withrose, The Sugar Camp and After is another lively tale of boyhood from Father Henry Spalding, filled with humor, friendship, faith, and the pleasures and surprises of life in rural Kentucky.
5.5" x 8.5" paperback 188 pages
