Never Curse the Rain: The Adventures of Wilder Good #9 - by S J Dahlstrom (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"Does praying for rain work?" Thirteen-year-old Wilder Good asks his grandfather, Papa, that question on a spring break visit to his ranch in West Texas. The ranch is mired in another drought and when Wilder's cousin from New York, Frankie, accidentally starts a wildfire, chaos erupts. Wilder and Frankie witness Papa struggle through the weariness from fire, drought, and loss, and face family myth and folklore for the first time. Wilder and Frankie discover adventure in every canyon from wild pigs, horses, cattle; and are left to wonder at the danger and beauty of a landscape and lifestyle that can both kill and create.

Review Quotes

"S.J. Dahlstrom has conjured a countercultural vision of youthful adventure and capability in his fictional series The Adventures of Wilder Good."
―The Wall Street Journal

"If you like Hank, you'll like Wilder Good, too."
― John R. Erickson, author of Hank the Cowdog

"Dahlstrom's superb writing takes Wilder through those anxiety-producing years between childhood and adulthood, when life's simplest and most important lessons are learned."
―Forbes

"Very family-oriented, very wholesome."
―Lone Star Literary Life

About the Author

S. J. Dahlstrom, a fifth-generation Texan, lives and writes in West Texas with his wife and children. The books in his Wilder Good series have won multiple Western Heritage Awards and Will Rogers Medallions, a Spur Award from the Western Writers of America, and have been named finalists for the Lamplighter Award. Interested in all things outdoors and creative, Dahlstrom writes poetry while bowhunting and collects wildflower seeds when doing ranch work. He lives by the twin mottos 'Be Wilder' and 'Find Beauty' and is happiest when he doesn't have to comb his hair.