Beetlecreek A Novel Geddy Lee A monster slayer​ posing as

A monster slayer​ posing as an unwitting sacrifice meets an intriguingly moral prince

not so much--like not being trusted to learn magic because you might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor

and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking

always doing the practical

repulsive reptiles

Beetlecreek A Novel Geddy Lee A monster slayer​ posing asBy: William Demby Published by Random House, 2026 01 13 A rediscovered classic of Black American literature first published in 1950, about an unlikely friendship in a West Virginia town After several years of silence and seclusion in Beetlecreek's black quarter, a retired carnival worker named Bill Trapp befriends Johnny Johnson, a Pittsburgh teenager living with relatives in Beetlecreek. Bill is white. Johnny is black. Both are searching for