In this sensational novel based on a true story, author Walt Heyer powerfully places the reader in the life of a boy growing up in Los Angeles in the 1940s.
Secrets, we learn, have consequences when Kid Dakota becomes the unwilling participant in his grandmother’s dark obsession. Dakota tries to shake off Nana’s depraved secret—he marries, becomes a father and achieves spectacular success in his career. But Nana’s decades-old secret holds him in its grip, threatening to turn his life upside-down.
The cover depicts a vulnerable, but gutsy, Kid Dakota with his heels firmly planted in the turf. Displaying that same grit throughout his life, Dakota tackles the devastating obstacles that come his way.
Kid Dakota shows us how important it is to never give up, no matter what.
The cover depicts a vulnerable, but gutsy, Kid Dakota with his heels firmly planted in the turf. Displaying that same grit throughout his life, Dakota tackles the devastating obstacles that come his way.
Kid Dakota shows us how important it is to never give up, no matter what.