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Touch The Sky Kindle Edition

by Jean Rover (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.8 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
Something’s amiss in Oregon’s backcountry. A teacher spots a scruffy stranger loitering near the Forest Lake grade school, and there’s a young boy missing in a neighboring county. Then eight-year-old Cody Benson, on an outing with his grandfather in the Big Bat Wilderness area, vanishes. Ken Blake, the deputy sheriff coordinating the search for Cody, thinks he wandered off and froze to death. Cally Benson, Cody’s mother, and eventually, the townsfolk are convinced a registered sex offender, living nearby in a run-down mobile park, abducted the boy, and Ken botched the search. When the shaken town demands answers, they hurl rumors and accusations like primordial spears, but they are all wrong about what really happened to Cody.
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    328 pages
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    October 26, 2021
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09KGT71V4
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 26, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 426 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Best Sellers Rank: #3,432,745 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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Jean Rover

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Jean Rover is a novelist, short story, and personal essay writer. She is the author of, And Then Spring Comes, a story collection about life’s ups and downs, Touch the Sky, a heart-rending novel, filled with intrigue, about a missing child in Oregon’s backcountry and its sequel, Ready or Not. Her writing has received awards or recognition from Writer’s Digest, Short Story America, Willamette Writers, Oregon Writers Colony, This I Believe, Inc., and the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Her work has appeared in various literary magazines and anthologies, including the Saturday Evening Post’s Great American Fiction Contest anthology. Other stories were performed at Liars’ League events in London, England and Portland, Oregon. She has also authored a chapbook, Beneath the Boughs Unseen, featuring holiday stories about society’s invisible people. She lives and writes in Oregon’s lush Willamette Valley.

Of Touch the Sky, a Booklife Prize reviewer said: "Rover writes with a clear sense of place. Her prose is sharp and succinct, capturing the idiosyncratic life of the citizens of a small, rural town. She manages to suffuse a standard missing child plot with enough twists and turns to keep even the most seasoned reader entertained.”

Ready or Not was a semi-finalist in Chanticleer’s Mystery and Mayhem International Book Awards contest.

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This intriguing Novel will keep you at the center of a mystery.
This intriguing novel will keep you at the center of a mystery. The emotions you feel reading the author’s descriptions set the stage for you to use your imagination to visualize and learn all about Cody’s personality/behaviors, as well as those of his parents, grandfather, and their family dynamics. As you read Touch the Sky, you experience many emotions, especially trepidation. This true-to-life story covers everything from family relationships and real small town undercurrents and fears. The truth and an unexpected discovery will cause you to think and question what really occurred? Cody is comfortable not emotionally responding with answers and his wisdom, confidence, maturity, and curiosity, along with just a little shyness, keep him going. Touch the Sky is the type of novel that you will want to read again, just to be sure you have not missed anything. Hope there is a sequel, because I want to know more about these characters and their story.
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  • Irene K
    5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating Mystery!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2023
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    A remarkable page-turning story of a lost child in rural Oregon! Great conversations among small town folks with gossip and misinterpretations leading to all the wrong conclusions! Jean has created a Captivating Mystery with profound effects on her well developed characters! And there’s a MUST READ sequel!! “Ready or Not”, just published: the story continues after a passage of many years! Readers can now enjoy another fascinating mystery and discover the real truth behind Cody Benson disappearance! I strongly recommend reading this hard-to put-down Mystery Set!
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  • Vett
    5.0 out of 5 stars This intriguing Novel will keep you at the center of a mystery.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2022
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    This intriguing novel will keep you at the center of a mystery. The emotions you feel reading the author’s descriptions set the stage for you to use your imagination to visualize and learn all about Cody’s personality/behaviors, as well as those of his parents, grandfather, and their family dynamics. As you read Touch the Sky, you experience many emotions, especially trepidation. This true-to-life story covers everything from family relationships and real small town undercurrents and fears. The truth and an unexpected discovery will cause you to think and question what really occurred? Cody is comfortable not emotionally responding with answers and his wisdom, confidence, maturity, and curiosity, along with just a little shyness, keep him going. Touch the Sky is the type of novel that you will want to read again, just to be sure you have not missed anything. Hope there is a sequel, because I want to know more about these characters and their story.
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    This intriguing Novel will keep you at the center of a mystery.

    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2022
    This intriguing novel will keep you at the center of a mystery. The emotions you feel reading the author’s descriptions set the stage for you to use your imagination to visualize and learn all about Cody’s personality/behaviors, as well as those of his parents, grandfather, and their family dynamics. As you read Touch the Sky, you experience many emotions, especially trepidation. This true-to-life story covers everything from family relationships and real small town undercurrents and fears. The truth and an unexpected discovery will cause you to think and question what really occurred? Cody is comfortable not emotionally responding with answers and his wisdom, confidence, maturity, and curiosity, along with just a little shyness, keep him going. Touch the Sky is the type of novel that you will want to read again, just to be sure you have not missed anything. Hope there is a sequel, because I want to know more about these characters and their story.
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  • Juneifer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2023
    This was an amazing book! Kept me on the edge of my seat! Difficult to put down once I started and I am looking forward to the sequel!
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  • Sam Hall
    5.0 out of 5 stars Relatable Characters--Surprise Twists
    Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2022
    Jean Rover displays a talent for keeping the reader guessing. Expecting a predictable trail in this story is a dangerous path to tread, as she deftly sets you up to follow standard biases and assumptions, then pulls a switcheroo--"Why didn't I see that coming?"
    Her characters are as common as an old shoe--someone you'd see at the local variety store or feed yard--but they think and act for themselves, and you realize you're enmeshed in a story about what might be people you know. Underneath the cast of flawed characters are tragic histories and admirable strengths. Highly recommended!
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Can't wait for the sequel to this book!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2022
    This book was a terrific gift; and to say the least, I really liked this book. I was on the edge of my seat and found it difficult to put down. Jean Rover, the author, has the knack of making the reader feel like they are right there alongside the characters in the story. Whether it's feeling the cold, lost in the wilderness, participating in a small community's activities, liking a townsperson, or who you found dispicable. It's all interwoven in the story. It's a good read.
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  • Lois Rosen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping Novel by Award-Winning Oregon Author
    Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2022
    Touch the Sky by Jean Rover is a compelling, beautifully crafted novel! Eight-year-old Cody Benson vanishes in a blizzard while on an outing with his grandfather to cut Christmas trees. Did he freeze in the wilderness? Was he abducted by a stranger? How will his family and friends endure months of not knowing if he is alive, and if he is, where is their precious child? I just couldn’t put this book down.
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  • Sharon Gray
    5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect selection for a book group
    Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2022
    Rover’s Touch the Sky is a suspenseful page-turner, a perfect selection for a book group. Themes of grief, prejudice, and small town life and the author’s wry and witty observations of characters and setting will keep a book group discussion lively and thoughtful. Highly recommend.
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  • AB
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2022
    I would highly recommend this book. Once I started reading it I couldn’t put it down. I can’t wait for the sequel.
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