Gods Will, Matthew John Echan
Gods Will, Matthew John Echan
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God*s Will
Based on a True Story

Author: Matthew John Echan

Narrator: Matthew Boston

Unabridged: 9 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/15/2022


Synopsis

A troubled teen. A school with secrets. A risky plan.

Fourteen-year-old Sam Snyder thinks he is going on a short vacation to visit his godfather. Instead, his adoptive mother drops him off at a Baptist reform school in the backwoods of Missouri. Surrounded by razor-wire fences, violent at-risk youth, and oppressive staff, he quickly realizes that he's not in California anymore.

Between fistfights, fire-and-brimstone sermons, and falling in love with a girl that he's never even spoken to, Sam struggles to keep his unbridled tongue and teenage lust in check in hopes of an early release.

But when Will—the new kid—is brutally punished, rumors of an escape plan begin to circulate. Sam must decide if he'll join the group of boys who want to take matters into their own hands.

How far will he go to find salvation?

About Matthew John Echan

Matthew John Echan is a board-certified behavior analyst and education consultant for emotionally disturbed children and individuals with developmental disabilities. He currently resides in Southern California with his wife, three children, and their small dog. Matthew considers himself a method writer, and says when he is not writing, he's writing.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Fr. on June 20, 2021

A Book Review of God's Will By Matthew John Echan As I read this book my mind went back to not teenage years, for the book is set near Piedmont, Missouri, on the St. Francis River, where there are memories of canoeing, skinny dipping, swimming, and passing many a summer day; and the memory of having to......more

Goodreads review by Vaishnavi on September 21, 2020

Based on a true story, Matthew John Echan’s novel God’s Will is the story of Sam Snyder, a fourteen year old boy, who is admitted into a reform school in Missouri by his adoptive mother. Sam is initially led to believe that he is being taken to his godfather’s farm for some quality time. When he lea......more

Goodreads review by jaimey jones on April 20, 2023

This book is hauntingly accurate. I was there. Matt tells an all familiar tale to me in this book, one that is woven into almost every fiber of my being. The crazy thing, as I was reading it, I was re-living it. I could smell the food cooking in the kitchen, I could hear the door latch and lock behi......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on May 05, 2021

This story was wild.........more