by Anthony BarberaPublish: Sep 30, 2012Crime FictionAfrican American InterestTeen & Young Adult
Book Overview
It begins when 13-year-old Norton Ryder and his friends meet for their Saturday sandlot football game. It’s 1985 in Duram, California. The lot they play on is claimed as private property by Mary Carver, the town slumlord. “Haggy Mary,” as she is known, has devised a means for finally keeping the “little ----s” off her land. Sh... e’s doused the dry grass with gasoline. When the flames roar across the field, it’s only the beginning of the trouble to come, for her gardener, Percy Hawkins, is looking on in horror. As it turns out, it's dangerous to mentor a thirteen-year-old runaway teenager, especially when you're an NFL football star and a serious crime is involved! (A family-friendly teen crime drama)read more
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BIOGRAPHY Anthony Barbera is an author and composer who is inspired by his love of music and literature.
He began his career as a music composer for films and commercials and earned his B.M. in Music Composition from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. While pursuing his Master’s Degree at the University o... f Massachusetts, he won numerous awards, one of which was first prize for “Two Songs for Soprano and Orchestra on Poems by Rilke,” performed by the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra.
And yet, Anthony’s passion for literature and writing was unstoppable during that time. He was hooked after being asked to direct a collection of ambitious teenagers in writing and acting in their first film (X Marks the Spot) for the First Sonoma Film Festival.
In order of publication, Anthony’s novels are ‘Catching Baby Moses,’ ‘The First Rains of October,’ ‘Jonah In the Time of the Kings,’ ‘Assurity: A Space Thriller,’ and 'Izzy The Bernese Mountain Dog.'
His newest biblical historical novel “Elijah, The Man Who Stopped The Rain," is scheduled for release in 2023."read more
Elijah: Fire from Heavenby Anthony BarberaPublish: Mar 29, 2025Series: Mighty Men & Women of the BibleHistorical FictionChristian FictionReligion & Spirituality