Book 1

It's Up to Charlie Hardin

by Dean Ing

Published 3 February 2015
An adventure-filled coming of age story set in World War II era Austin,
Texas.
It is the summer of 1942, and young teen Charlie Hardin has been set
loose on the streets of Austin, Texas with only one command from his parents:
stay out of trouble. Charlie means to do just that. He never wants to disobey,
but sometimes in a boy's life situations come up that he cannot ignore and still
be true-blue to his own restless soul. And when that time comes . . .