Pug Sheridan Author:Sandra Cline Pug Sheridan proves herself to be a lively protagonist and a sure-footed storyteller in a compelling coming-of-age chronicle set in turn-of-the-century rural Alabama. At the outset, Pug looks back upon the decade that will form her narrative and begins her tale with trepidation: ""The man I shot had friends whose hearts and minds remain as close... more »d as his once was. It has become my habit to listen for footsteps behind me in the dark ... As I stir the smoldering ashes of the past, I can feel the searing heat on my face."" Here is a first-person voice that is both sassy and poetic. Pug’s ""confession"" builds, inexorably, toward what appears to be a justified homicide. While remaining uplifting, Pug Sheridan is written in a magical realist mode. A page turner with a rapid pulse, Pug Sheridan, will be treasured by readers of all ages.« less