THE SATURDAY BOY

Eleven-year-old Derek Lamb likes superhero comic books, Saturday morning cartoons, and Chocolate Ka-Blams, but he'd gladly trade all of these things to have his father home.

For as long as Derek can remember, his father has been overseas piloting Apache helicopters for the army. The letters they write to each other are all they have to bridge the distance - ninety-one letters to date. But just when Derek's best friend becomes his arch nemesis, a time when Derek could use his father's advice most, the letters stop. Derek's whole life is at the brink of change and he doesn't even know it.


David Fleming lives in the woods in Weston, Massachusetts, with his wife and two willful, boisterous sons. He graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in English dramatic literature and theater and now works for a landscape designer. When the ground is frozen, he writes. He has been published in Monkeybicycle, Stuff Magazine, and Wellesley/Weston Magazine and at beattoapulp.com. The Saturday Boy is his first novel.