Kenneth Fenter

The Ruin: Rage Kenneth Fenter

Publisher Marketing: The Ruin: Rage... is about a boy driven to the brink of deadly force by school bullys by Kenneth Fenter. A 14 year old must decide whether to murder his tormentors or choose another way to deal with the rage that is taking control of him. He finds himself sitting by the road with a rifle in hand waiting with images playing in his mind waiting for school to be out... The Ruin: Rage is a re-release of Book One of The Ruin published in 2010 by Kenneth Fenter. The original edition encompassed five books covering a year in the life of Cliff Kelly. Because of it's length and complexity, the target audience has tended to shy away from it. This adaptation focuses on the first week the critical area of the book. The climax of the bullying during his time at East Lakeview grade school and the final act that drives him to make the decision of whether to face his tormentor with deadly force or to find another way to deal with it. Either decision will carry serious life changing consequences for him, his family, the bully and his family. This novel examines Cliff's decision and the turmoil that his decision causes the families on Summit Ridge Colorado. This new edition is re-designed with larger type for easier reading. It is aimed at the Middle school -high school -young adult audience although parents will learn about the dangers of bullying and consequences of long term bullying in schools whether at the hands of students or teachers. Review Citations: Foreword 09/04/2010 (EAN 9781453659922, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Fenter, Kenneth Kenneth Fenter took his family to the small town of Isahaya Japan in 1977 where they lived and taught for two years. He continued the relationship with the area three additional years with a stained glass business. Out of that experience he authored three non-fiction books: Gaijin! Gaijin!, the first year; MoIchido: Once More the second year; and Suteindo Gurasu: Stained Glass about the three years of going back and forth with stained glass. In 2010 he produced The Ruin his first novel. That was followed in 2011 by The Bee Tree, 2012 by Pivotal Times, 2013 by Gifted Hands: Saino no Aru te, and Coronado's Gold. In 2014 he released Incessant Expectations. The the cross cultural experience is a major theme of all six novels. Gifted Hands takes place in Nagasaki in 1977. Fenter retired from teaching secondary language arts in the Springfield, Oregon public schools in 1998. He now lives in Bend, Oregon with Lora, his wife of 53 plus years.