Moonshine Serenade - Paperback

by Amy Shelor Dye (Author)

Sixteen year old Sallie Songer moved from the nation's capital to the Moonshine Capital of the World; a rural Virginia county not celebrated for its monuments and memorials, but famously known for its history of brewing and hauling illegal liquor. Haunted by the thought of a less than epic existence in this new place with its old-timey sensibilities, Sallie is thrilled with her discovery of a diary penned in the late 1930's by a teenage girl who witnessed a murder in the forest near Sallie's home. When Sallie encounters the ghost of the killer described in the diary, she fears not just for her life but also her new-found spirit sighting ability. And as she grows more connected to her neighbor, Zeke - the Jeep driving, guitar playing, tattoo wearing, sweet talking son of a preacher man, Sallie finds her past, her present, and her future merging in ways she never could have dreamed.

Author Biography

As a teenager I found I related to the characters in S.E. Hinton's novels because of my own small town experience. My first young adult novel, Moonshine Serenade, pays homage to my rural roots. Raised in Franklin County, Virginia, despite my announcement at sixteen that I was (and I quote) getting the heck out of this place as soon as I turned eighteen, my husband and I have chosen to raise my three sons in the Moonshine Capital of the World. I can't imagine a more refreshing place to live.