{"product_id":"foul-territory-christopher-morlock-9780997180824","title":"Foul Territory","description":"Read the book that critics say is \"engaging, often humorous, [and] sure to titillate many readers!\" (The U.S. Review of Books) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTake the mound in \u003ci\u003eFoul Territory, \u003c\/i\u003e the second volume of the Chronicle of Calvin Connor!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePutting Camp Souviens (and the demise of Troop 666) behind him, Calvin Connor focuses on finishing high school. But his latest choices pull him back into the spotlight, like that one time on Sean Corgan's front yard ... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalvin falls in love with Kitty Howe, the only blind student at Axsubeen High, creating a celebrity couple that's the talk of the town. His friendship\/rivalry with Art Maguire reaches a fulcrum point over (of all things) vocabulary. And Calvin's destiny as a major league sensation begins in earnest after a heated moment in the high school cafeteria. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf only the little wanker \u003ci\u003ehadn't\u003c\/i\u003e brought an orange in for lunch that day ... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo work of fiction has ever captured the rivalry of teen boys, the agony of Algebra tests, and the intoxicating sting of a hit of Binaca right before you put a move on a girl quite like this one.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePacked with \"Sex, drinking and drugs, parties, school issues and more sex,\" \u003ci\u003eFoul Territory\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the \"inner and outer workings of a teen's mind\" (the U.S. Review of Books). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e(from Ch. 14)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormer Pennsylvania Railroad sidings dotted the borough, train tracks that had served coal mines and farms in Axsubeen's halcyon days. The tracks behind Schultz's Farm Market still had rotting ties and rusty rails. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKitty followed Calvin's lead with her left hand on his shoulder. \"You have a jingle bell? Like from a Christmas decoration. Sew it on this.\" She tugged at the yucky scarf of many colors around his neck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It'll jingle-jangle like a dog collar!\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Exactly. Stop here. Listen to them.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe stopped. They'd gone fifty feet from the Farm Market, facing a meadow. All he heard was Rte. 666 and tires crunching on parking lot gravel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Filter out the noise,\" she said. \"Your mom says you never hear anything she says. Do it here. You totally can. It's in Filipinos 4:13.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"You mean 'Philippians?'\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Whatever. \u003ci\u003e'I have the strength to do anything through him who empowers me.'\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ooh that's a good one, gotta rememb-\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Look it up later, now hush! They're chatting. \u003ci\u003eListen!\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeeling silly, he shut his eyes to experience this as Kitty did ... and immediately heard them. \"Ah!\" he said, opening his eyes and finally beholding them: crows, standing out in the field, making little warbly calls. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe hugged his arm. \"You know what a family of crows is called? A 'murder.' This is a murder of crows.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Oh what bollocks!\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey listened to the crows make little \u003ci\u003erwrk!\u003c\/i\u003e sounds to each other as they pecked about the bracken meadow for grub. \"Sounds like they're gossiping about us,\" he said. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Yep. Crows are like nature's police department. The murder keeps tabs on each other with that \u003ci\u003erwrk! \u003c\/i\u003enoise. The other call they do, the \u003ci\u003ecaw!, \u003c\/i\u003e that's like a siren, letting everyone know there's danger around.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Us two are right near them-humans, mankind, rulers of the animal kingdom. And they don't even care.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We are no threat and they know it.\" She fetched his hand and squeezed it. \"Daddy says one crow always sits way up high to be the scout. He protects the others while they eat.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Oh, like a lookout,\" he said, and felt dumb. \u003ci\u003eLookout\u003c\/i\u003e was, obviously, a sighted word. He scanned the trees. \"Ah!\" he said again, spotting a crow perched up a leafless maple. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe lad peered over his shoulder. He was both surprised and not so to see Kitty's da by the farm market's picnic tables, keeping his distance, keeping an eye on his daughter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Daddy's being \u003ci\u003emy\u003c\/i\u003e crow scout,\" she sighed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"How-\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"My parents. They \u003ci\u003ealways\u003c\/i\u003e stick close to me. I hate i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Morlock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 099718082X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997180824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Foul Territory Publishing Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/29\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d","brand":"Christopher Morlock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443826798847,"sku":"9780997180824","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f9d5d1f5-7bcb-4096-a837-5415aad9ea51.jpg?v=1777208121","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/foul-territory-christopher-morlock-9780997180824","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}