Single Sentence Summary: Captain Jefferson Kidd and 10-year old Johanna travel 400 miles of often dangerous, unsettled, lawless Texas to reunite Johanna with her family.

Primary Characters: Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd – a 71-year old who travels throughout Texas earning his living as a news reader. Johanna – a 10-year old girl who thinks of herself as a member of the Kiowa tribe after living with them for four years….

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The Heavenly Table by Donald Ray Pollock
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Length: 384 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: After the death of their God-fearing father, three dirt poor brothers set out on a spree of crime and violence that leaves them wanted men with a huge bounty on their heads….

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As Good as Gone by Larry Watson
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Length: 352 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: Tough, loner cowboy agrees to care for the grandchildren he barely knows and trouble follows closely behind….

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