Books by Andre Wallace

The year 1967 was a time of great strife, conflict, division … and hope. In one rural Indiana town, five teenagers of different races and backgrounds are about to graduate high school and experience the world on their own.This circle of close friends have enjoyed their childhoods together, but they are about to experience life-changing events when Lee, a young black man, is unwillingly drafted into the Army, leaving his love interest, Julie, the young white woman he’s grown attached to, and their three close white friends whom he considers his brother and sisters.The couple shares a hidden romance, not daring to tell their parents, yet knowing that someday they’ll have no choice. While enduring the dramatic privations of the Vietnam War, Lee’s friends back home are all occupied with college and work, but soon they will also be affected by the underlying tides of the times involving the war protests in Chicago as well as working for a suspected crime boss, and an introspective outlook on who they are as individuals and what they truly mean to each other.Their relationships will be tested in the conflicts to come, and their destinies will be written in stone that will last forever. 

In the small rural community of White River, an old native settlement close to Route 66 in New Mexico, a small city hall and town square, shops, and houses decades old make up the main thoroughfare.A young African American boy, Raymond Chisnek, is an orphan adopted by Henry (Big Bear) Smart, a Native American resident of White River, who also has another adopted child, Iris Padillo, a Native American. The three become a family, even though they are of mixed heritage.The first few months are difficult for Raymond, as he tries adjusting to his new residence, but his adoptive father and overprotective adoptive sister make him feel as if he has always belonged.The town mayor, Rutherford B. Simms, is a stern man who loves to intimidate to gain power. His family runs three successful businesses that provide both revenue and jobs for the community, so he feels justified that he has total control over White River.As an opportunity for more financial gain emerges, the Simms family needs Smart''s support. When their offer is rebuffed, tension builds between both households, placing Raymond and Iris squarely in the crosshairs of the Simms, who view them as rotten little scoundrels. Their silly, but innocent past antics come to haunt them, as both the Simms and Smart children prove that White River isn''t big enough for both of them.Publisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/AndreWallace