Ames K Swartsfager

Kent Ames K Swartsfager

Kent is 12 years old when his family moves into the Mission District of San Francisco in 1952. Up to this point he lived a quiet life in small towns where his father was a minister. The first week of school someone attempts to stab Kent and he is chased and beaten by a gang daily. To save himself he joins the White Shoe gang and has the gang's backing. Being a preacher's kid, Kent finds himself in a dichotomy: Does God exist or is the gang all there is? He must go to church and act as a perfect teenager and at the same time join the gang's nefarious activities. How is he going to get out of this dangerous and hateful situation?