Donny Bailey Seagraves

children's book author

Donny Bailey Seagraves

Author of Gone From These Woods, the story of Daniel Sartain, an 11-year-old boy who reluctantly goes hunting with his Uncle Clay. Daniel must live with the tragic accident that happens in the cold North Georgia Woods that day for the rest of his life. With the help of others, including his mother and school counselor, Daniel learns to deal with his guilt and survive.

Excerpt from Page One of Gone From These Woods

I didn't want to shoot a rabbit that cold November morning in 1992. Most men and boys I knew -- and even some girls -- lived to hunt wild game in the North Georgia woods that surrounded Newtonville.

But not me. One day when I was five, I came up on Dad and his younger brother, Clay, skinning some rabbits they'd just killed in Sartain Woods. I tried not to breathe in the dead smell as Dad's big, rough hands ripped a rabbit's fur off like it was a candy bar wrapper. Right then, I decided hunting wasn't for me.

Uncle Clay had a different idea . . .

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There is a lot of complexity in this short, quiet coming-of-age novel. Sensitive younger readers will be drawn in by Daniel’s story, which can be likened to a more emotional twin of Gary Paulsen's Hatchet."--Booklist

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