No Excuses
No Excuses by Stephen L. Harris, published by Rootstock Publishing on August 2, 2022, is a young adult fiction novel that explores themes of resilience and personal growth. The story follows 16-year-old Skeets Stearns, a farm boy from Vermont, who seeks solace in the mountains behind his family farm. Despite his physical strength, he grapples with the challenge of approaching Becky Winslow, a popular girl at his school. Meanwhile, Bill MacColl, a former Olympic hopeful turned Navy pilot, faces his own struggles after a life-altering experience in Vietnam.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines the lives of Skeets and Bill as they navigate their respective challenges. The unexpected friendship that develops between them centers around training for the Eastern States High School Track and Field Championship. As Skeets aims for victory and the affection of Becky, Bill confronts his past and learns to embrace his new reality. This edition, comprising 142 pages, delves into the complexities of coming of age against the backdrop of war and personal transformation.
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16-year-old Skeets Stearns is a farm boy from Vermont’s rural Northeast Kingdom who finds refuge in the rugged mountain behind his family farm. Roaming the mountain has made him strong, like the legendary catamount wild cat. But his physical strength has yet to give him the courage to date pretty, popular Becky Winslow, star of the high school girls’ track team.
Before enlisting as a pilot in the Navy, New York City-raised Bill MacColl had been a contender to make the US Olympic Team as a decathlete. But that dream ended when his plane was shot down in combat in the Vietnam jungle. Trying to put his life back together, MacColl moves in with the Stearns family in Vermont, counting on the fresh air of the farm and the mountains to heal him.
An unexpected friendship blooms when MacColl trains Skeets to compete in the Eastern States High School Track and Field Championship. Will Skeets win the championship, and the heart of Becky Winslow? Will Bill learn to accept his disability? No Excuses is the story of transformation, triumph, and resilience as two opposites struggle together to better their lives.
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