Sure Hope

Publisher: Campeador Press

Publication Year: 2022

ISBN: 9780990812623

Paperback: 253 pages

Product Dimensions: ‎ 5.5 x 0.57 x 8.5 inches

Overview

In December 1864, a boy is born in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, near Sure Hope, Virginia. The Civil War is in its final stages, having destroyed countless lives and livelihoods.

Sure Hope is an idyllic mountain town. There, the boy grows up and experiences the usual adventures and misadventures of rambunctious boyhood. It is a good life. As he grows into manhood, he discovers the importance of family and community—and love.

Yet, from the beginning, his life is also filled with unusual mysteries, dangers, sorrows, surprises, and sufferings.

And he finds that Sure Hope is more than a town.

About

Sure Hope may become your next favorite Christmas book. Much of the story centers around Christmas.

The book was written for adults and for children as young as twelve years old.

Younger children will enjoy having many of the chapters read to them.

The Burden of Being Champ

Publisher: Campeador Press

Publication Year: 2014

ISBN: 9780990812616

Paperback: 298 Pages

Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x9 inches

Overview

A BOY DISCOVERS A TRUE CHAMPION

A foggy boy called Champ has a disastrous first three years of school. He does not even recognize that he is close to failing; he only senses some near, indefinable danger. A perceptive teacher diagnoses his problem, providing a key that unlocks much of his future. He eventually goes to medical school and ultimately becomes a pediatrician. Along the way, the boy matures and develops a passion for sports; in his grandiose imagination, he becomes a legendary athlete, though very few share that opinion.

In this book, the now-seasoned pediatrician reflects on six decades of life in which appearances and reality are often widely divergent. In true, multi-layered stories, he recounts shaping influences, surprising outcomes, and life-altering experiences. With humor and honesty, he shares tales from his boyhood and young adulthood, and he discusses the rigors of medical school, residency, and a busy pediatric practice. He openly describes what it feels like to care for children who are dying or near death, allowing the reader to experience the pediatrician’s joyful triumphs, his deep sorrows, his disappointing failures, and his terrifying fears.

Within these pages, the boy called Champ sheds his nickname and grows to realize that a true Champion has been with him all his life.