The Night of the Moonbow

I am suprised Night of the Moonbow was never made into a feature length film.It would have been good.

Once I started reading this novel I really began to notice just how narrow-minded and ignorant people are. A lonely orphan boy comes to a boys camp(Bible camp full of good Christians no less)and is befriended by his cabin mates. After a series of unintentional screw-ups by the main character, Leo, he is branded as a jonah and is constantly harrassed by the other boys. They play mind games with him, unaware of his hidden past. No matter what he does he cannot be accepted into their society. Even the Reverand shuns him. This book takes on a lot of little twist and turns that surprised me along the way. Especially the ending which was pretty darn nifty. I highly reccommend this book to fans of pyscological suspense novels along with people who are just looking for a good book to read.

This story is about the side of human nature we would all love to forget existed. The fierce, competetavive and evil nature that's within us but we supress every day. Set at a boys camp on the edge of WWII, it has it's hate crimes and sad mishapes. The story is centered around a mentally stressed orphan who has the chance to fit in but sadly falls short. This is a book you cannot put down because you get so wrapped up in the emotion and the story. I have vowed to read more of Tryon's books because if he is this brilliant with one book, he most certainly has to be with others.

This was a book about a group of teenage boys at camp during the 1930's. The author takes you with the main character, Leo, through his flashbacks of his bitter memories, utilmately finding his way to the truth about his past. I found that the book grasped my interest from the beginning. I didn't find the book to be slow. To me it was an enjoyable read and not boring.