“...an absolute triumph!”

~ Thehauntedfae Book Blog

“…a fast-paced thriller with a social conscience.”

~ Online Book Club

buy now:

John DeSimone NovelistJohn DeSimone Novelist

the road to delano

Two friends struggle to find their places in a town under siege, torn apart by animosity and violence.

It’s 1968, and a strike by field workers in the grape fields has ripped an otherwise quiet central California town down the middle. Jack Duncan is a Delano high school senior who is on his way to earning a baseball scholarship, hoping to escape the turmoil infesting his town. His mother has kept from him the real cause of his father’s death, who was a prominent grower. But when an old friend hands Jack evidence indicating his father was murdered, he is compelled to dig deeper. This throws him and his best friend and teammate, Adrian Sanchez, whose father is a striking field worker, into the labor conflict led by Cesar Chavez. The Road to Delano is the path Jack and Adrian must take to find their strength, their duty, and their destiny.

Read More

Get your FREE first chapter!

Sign up for the newsletter and get your FREE sample chapter of John’s new novel,

John DeSimone Novelist

SIGN UP HERE

John DeSimone Novelist