EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Product Description A full moon. A blazing fire. The sounds of night creatures. Two brothers camped on the banks of an Ozark river are all alone.... except for what is floating in the Blue Hole only a few feet away from their tent.
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 4 reviews)
A Facinating Account of Life as a Boy Born and raised a city girl, I was clearly cheated out of some experiences in my life. Rolland Love gives a view of life that I have never seen in works by other authors. The phraseology used in this book is colorful and paints the scenes and experiences by these boys as only Love can do. November 14, 2007
Think Mark Twain "To understand Overland Park writer Rolland Love, think Mark Twain." Nick Kowalczyk, The Kansas City Star. The Blue Hole is a great book and will make a great movie. Mike Daniel, Director, Burt Reynolds Museum. The Hannibal Courier Post, the oldest newspaper in Missouri where Mark Twain worked as a printer's devil, published a serialized version of the Blue Hole in it's entirety and the story . received excellent reader response. Glad to hear a sequel is in the works. I read the Blue Hole to my boys this summer on a gravel bar on Current River, really spooked them for a while! Jim McCarty, Editor - Rural Missouri Magazine http://ruralmissouri.coop/ "Mark Twain would have loved this excellent adventure of two brothers. Doc has disappeared and it's up to Tommy (15) and Dub (12) to go to the Blue Hole and see if they can find him. This is a story about growing up. About facing your fears and standing up to them and about doing the right thing even when everything inside you wants to turn and run. This story has everything. The dreaded Conner brothers, Buzzard Thompson, ghost, snakes, caves, bats and dead bodies everywhere. I thoroughly enjoyed every page of this masterfully constructed story." Jonathan David Masters, Freelance Reviewer "Rolland, our daughter borrowed her nephew's copy of the Blue Hole last week. She said she read it in one setting, because she couldn't put it down. She said, "Mom, it is so scary. At first I thought this is just too scary for kids to be reading. Then I thought no, it's exactly what kid's love. That scary, makes the hair on your arms stand on end kind of scared. And I saw those boys, Tommy and Dub setting by the fire at night talking. It was so real. I felt I was there." Didn't I tell you, it's a great book? Must be, since even our daughter agrees with me. " Take care. Keep writing. Priscilla Maine, author March 24, 2006
Great storytelling Rolland Love's tale will appeal to young and old readers alike. The setting is perfect for a mystery story and may seem unreal to some but believe me, it really exists. I have spent much time along the clear rivers, high bluffs and ancient paths that lead to hidden caves in the Ozarks. 'The Blue Hole' brings this area to life as we follow the adventures of two brothers who find danger lurking along the river bank. March 11, 2006
AuthorZone.Com Book Review Strange happenings are taking place in the Ozarks. Doc Barnes and his hound Lucky are missing, The Conner Brothers are strange beyond belief and frightening as heck to kids in the area, and Buzzard Thompson has sure enough killed his whole family with a shotgun. Fifteen year old Tommy Benson is determined to face down his fears ...... by going camping with younger brother Dub down at Blue Hole. Blue Hole is where Tommy got bitten last year, 1949, by two cottonmouths when he and Pa and Uncle Ira were camping there. Dub is a real pain in the neck of a 12 year old brother. Tommy and Dub run into the Conner Brothers, manage to locate both Buzzard and Doc Barnes and find Lucky tied to belt of the drowned body of the corpse stuck down in Blue Hole before their frightening campout comes to an end. Think Mark Twain and a whole lot of Southern humor a la Lewis Grizzard and you have The Blue Hole. Rolland Love has really captured the flavor of 'two not quite adult' brothers out for a campout and the scare of their lives. Reminds me of my own two kids at this age. The Blue Hole is a fast paced, page flipper of a read. Writer Love captures the interest of the reader right from the start, and while this book is listed as Young Adult, it is a 'not to be missed' by those who savored and continue to savor every moment with Tom and Huck and Grizzard's Catfish! Writer Love fills his pages with engaging characters, absorbing situations and enough mystery and inexplicable to keep the reader engaged. Tommy's worry about finding family friend Doc Barnes is touching. Dub's stumble foot behavior is something every parent who has housed a twelve year old knows and loves. Writer Love has really captured the essence of both striplings as he weaves his tale of two youngsters who know they must rely upon themselves when they are confronted with fearful situations and frightening people. The boys' behavior, reactions and ultimate decisions are so very typical of kids this age. Excellent Read! Happy to recommend Reviewed by: molly martin September 02, 2003