Molecricket

"Though I had never met S.M. Stagwerth, it still felt as if I had stood there with Him atop all those train cars, beneath all those pitched tents, where curious congregants would gather momentarily and be swept away by His saline verbal prowess." - Mole Cricket
Twelve-year-old Moses Cotton discovers dangerous mysteries, from a plague of field-mowing mole crickets to the long ago death of a fanatic evangelist named Stagwerth. Will Moses' persistence destroy his family, even the whole town?
This is author Nick May's third writing adventure. He began with the folktale, Megabelt, and followed it with the thriller, Minutemen. He and his wife, Kayla, live along the Gulf Coast with their dog, Brother.