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Strong Like You

by T. L. Simpson

A search for strength in the Ozarks

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A search for strength in the Ozarks

Walker Lauderdale’s father has been missing, but Walker holds on to the belief that he is somewhere in the Ozarks. When a threat to his family’s home makes the search urgent, Walker sets out across the hills while trying to keep up with school and football. The journey brings him into contact with Lukas Fisher, described as dangerous and struggling with drug use, and forces Walker to reckon with what his father taught him about strength. The premise connects a family search with the pressures of adolescence and the uncertainty surrounding an absent parent.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in stories about family, adolescence, and searching for a missing parent.
  • Readers drawn to young adult fiction centered on boys and men.
  • Football fans interested in a story that includes a teenage star player balancing sport with family concerns.

Themes

Missing parents and family bondsAdolescence and responsibilityStrength and masculinityFootball and communityThe Ozarks

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Book overview

I haven't cried one time since you disappeared. Not even at football practice when Paton Roper told the whole team you were probably dead. He said, "You know how sometimes a dog gets sick or bites somebody and you have to put it down?"

Somebody said, "Yep.""That's probably what happened to Walker's daddy."

 

Walker Lauderdale hasn't cried once since his daddy went missing. And even though everyone says he's dead, Walker won't give up hope. He knows his father is out there, somewhere, cutting a wild trail through the Ozarks like always. But when a relative threatens to kick Walker and his momma out of the family home, Walker realizes he has no choice but to look for his daddy--a search that leads him straight to a drug-addled and dangerous man named Lukas Fisher. While attempting to balance life as a normal fifteen-year-old boy and star player on the football team, Walker begins a desperate search across the hills of the Ozarks for the man who, for better or worse, taught him everything he knows about strength.

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