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    Hillcrest Journal
    Hillcrest Journal
    Hillcrest Journal
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    Hillcrest Journal

    By John Schreiber

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    "Hillcrest Journal is skillfully told . . . very realistic . . . I would recommend it not only to teenage readers but also to parents who may have a slightly hazy recollection of adolescence."
    West Concord Enterprise




    Chad Wilson, before his senior year of high school, is forced to move from his family farm to Hillcrest, a small town in Ironwood County, Minnesota. The troubled senior seeks to discover his true values in 1984 America: social, sexual, and moral. He questions everything around him as he is torn between his desires, his fears, and his convictions.




    His journal entries, awkward at first, become a moving account of the narrator and his search for meaning. His journey leads to bitterness, confusion, temptation, and, ultimately, forgiveness. Throughout his struggle, his one enduring value is his utmost honesty--with himself and with his journal.




    This is the first novel in the Ironwood County Chronicles, a loosely-linked trilogy focusing on Christians in conflict with the world, with those they love, and with themselves.




    The second novel, also published by Xlibris, is Passing Through Paradise; the third novel in sequence is Life on the Fly.




    * * *

    Excerpts from a sophomore English class, Triton High School, Dodge Center, MN:



    "Overall, your book was one of the best I have ever read. It deals with normal high school issues in a way that is easy for people of all ages to be interested in."



    "I wanted to laugh, cry, cringe or even rejoice at different stages in the book. . . . Since I have read this book I have learned many things. I have an even bigger assurance that it is ok to not give into peer pressure."



    "Reading your novel Hillcrest Journal reminded me of how almost every high school is the same and how every teenager has ups and downs just like everybody else. I think your book really reminds us that we are not the only ones with struggles. Many of the characters in the book reflected many of my own peers. . . . It told of every high and low and explained all the options, opportunities, and tough decisions that we face everyday."



    "I loved your book. . . . It made me want to start laughing. Chad is so much like me it was scary."



    "Hillcrest Journal is more than honest about high school life, it is honest in general about what life is. . . "



    What Ironwood County is saying:



    "Everyone should read this when they are 15, reread it when they are 20, and reread it again when they are parents."
    The Paradise Post



    "This is what Christian fiction should be: insightful and innovative."
    The Cherry Grove Gazette



    "Teenagers. Conflicts with parents. Problems dating. These topics are all fine. But add politics, religion, and sex? Not in my library!"
    Agatha Peabody, Hillcrest High School librarian



    Intended Audience:

    Anyone who has ever had conflicts with parents, feared for a younger sibling, dealt with unrequited love, or asked sincere religious questions will be drawn into the novel. As one mother who read this book said, "Every parent who has a son should read this book."



    Helpful Link:


    Schreiber has posted some of his published articles, essays, and poems along with book group discussion questions for Hillcrest Journal at Ironwood County Books

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateOct 21, 2002
    ISBN9781462839032
    Hillcrest Journal
    Author

    John Schreiber

    John Schreiber grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota, reading science fiction and fantasy novels. At Hamline University he was awarded departmental honors for his study of science fiction, and he later wrote his master’s thesis on the modern epic fantasy. Today he lives in southern Minnesota, where, in addition to being an award-winning teacher and theater director, he has written three novels set in the Midwest (Hillcrest Journal, Passing Through Paradise, and Life on the Fly) and the short story collection, Tales from 2 A.M. He now returns to his literary roots with the epic fantasy Heartstone.

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    • 5/5
      A fantastic novel for young adults and their parents . . . the pain and joys of senior year. It's set in 1984 but not much has changed since then.
    • 5/5
      Writing in his journal, Chad Wilson chronicles the struggles he goes through in his senior year. At first angry at the world because his father "lost" the farm, he eventually faces the consequences of his choices. Hey, you didn't think I'd give this less than five stars did you??
    • 5/5
      Excellent novel about growing up in small town in the 1980s. Not much has changed in Midwest small towns since this "journal" was written--except the use of technology. This is highly recommended and followed by other Ironwood County novels that expand themes of change, love, corruption, and facades.

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