Up the Mountain: An Act of Redemption

By Jeff Hammonds

Having been abandoned by his father and raised by a single mother, seventeen-year-old Rob Phillips is angry, disconnected, and going nowhere.

While hanging with a rough group of friends, Rob finds his way into serious trouble after they nearly beat a man to death. Instead of going to jail, a judge temporarily grants him a commute

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hammonds
• Release date: Jun 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9780578677002

Jeff Hammonds

Jeff Hammonds is a lifelong educator whose affinity for telling stories in the classroom led to his first novel. He currently lives in Oregon with his lovely wife and their misnamed Australian shepherd/border collie cross, Ares. (He's a lover, not a fighter.) Jeff has lived in the North, the South, Southern California, and the Pacific Northwest, and he brings these different perspectives to life in the characters he weaves into his stories.

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