Never Too Far
Author: Thomas Christopher
Genre: Young Adult Suspense
Release Date: May 10, 2012
Buy the Book: Amazon
Synopsis:
A
harrowing story of love and survival. In a future of scarce resources,
where the possession of gas and diesel is punishable by death, a teenage
boy and a pregnant girl must find a way to save their impoverished
family. They risk their lives on a terrifying journey to sell stolen
fuel on the black market.
Mary surprised Joe by knocking his arms away. She was stronger than
she looked. Then she swept her legs off the bed and sprang to her feet.
She took two steps and turned to face him as if to prove there was
nothing wrong with her. But there was definitely something wrong. She
wavered a moment. Her already white face turned ghostly. Her eyelids
trembled. She seemed to realize she was becoming faint, and what that
meant.
“I’m fine,” she said. “You don’t have to go.”
Joe got ready to catch her in case she fell, but somehow she held herself steady.
“It’s okay,” Joe said. “Just sit down. I will go find some food.”
Joe
inched toward her. He was afraid to grab her again because she might
try to wrench free once more and really fall. When she coughed, her
little shoulders jerked and her round stomach jumped. Her head was
drooped low and her hair hung down so he couldn’t see her face at all.
“Come on, lay down,” Joe said.
She
didn’t move. Joe stepped toward her, but before he could put his arms
around her, she tilted forward and rested the crown of her head against
his chest. He slid his arms along the sides of her hard belly and around
her waist. Then he shifted her toward the bed again. She moved like a
bundle of empty sacks in his arms. He set her gently on the bed before
he bent down to lift her feet onto the sheets.
After he sat in the chair, Mary asked him, “What if you don’t come back?”
“That’s not going to happen,” Joe said.
“How do you know?”
“I just know. You have to trust me.”
About the Author:
Thomas Christopher grew up in Iowa. He received his MFA
from Western Michigan University. His short stories have appeared in The
Louisville Review and The MacGuffin. He was awarded an Irving S.
Gilmore Emerging Artist Grant and was a finalist for the Matthew Clark
Prize in Fiction. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife and son.
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