Scratchin' on the Eight Ball. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Scratchin' on the Eight Ball

Thirteen-year-old, Reason Nelson, attends a party that is busted by the police. As he flees, he collides with a detective and a black drug dealer. He snatches up what he believes to be his leather jacket and drunkenly crawls into a doghouse, dragging the jacket with him. In the pocket of this coat, Reason discovers a key that opens a safe-deposit box. The box contains evidence that will solve the murder of a young female informant shot and killed in the small suburb of Havelock. In a coming of age story reminiscent of The Outsiders, the book is based on the unsolved murder of State Patrol informant, Patricia Webb in 1976. First published by Media Productions in 1982, the book sold 5,000 in schools, alternative schools, and institutions. 20,000 copies have been sold so far. Currently, 8-Ball is the most lost, stolen, and missing book in the Lincoln Public Library. Kids like it so much they steal it! Care to come along for the wild ride?

Tom Frye is a published playwright with Concord Theatricals and a multiple award-winning actor/director/producer. He earned a bachelor of arts and a master of arts in theatre from Wichita State University and the University of Kansas.Frye taught theatre at Wichita Southeast High School, Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, the Independent High School, and Wichita State University. He was a special education teacher at Starkey School, Levy Special Education Center, and Andrew H. Fabrique Elementary School. He also taught ESL at Wichita East High School.Frye's theatrical career encompasses more than 400 productions performed in thirty-five states. A highlight was his performance of the one-man play Tru under the direction of its author, the Oscar-nominated playwright Jay Presson Allen, and produced by her three-time Tony Award-winning husband, Lewis Allen.