{"id":171,"date":"2025-07-09T20:07:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2025-08-15T18:37:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:37:32","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/index.php\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"171\" class=\"elementor elementor-171\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c9c83e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c9c83e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-size-default\">Books<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9770be5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9770be5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84a907d\" data-id=\"84a907d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-65738ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65738ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef1aae1\" data-id=\"ef1aae1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd9e22a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd9e22a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Book<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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Branded &#8220;The Ultimate Slacker&#8221; by his family, he escapes into backyard baseball with his tight-knit crew: stoic Nick, brash Evan, and brainy Jessie. But when a stray ball lands in the yard of Willie, a neighbor whose rage simmers like the July heat, their fragile world fractures.<\/p><p>As tensions with Willie escalate, David&#8217;s own battles intensify: a brother&#8217;s suffocating legacy, a bully&#8217;s relentless taunts, and fireworks gathering dust in his basement, hinting at chaos to come. Over fourteen relentless days, loyalty is tested, buried secrets detonate, and David&#8217;s defiant avoidance of adulthood shatters.<\/p><p>Sierra immerses you in David&#8217;s world with visceral precision, cracked picket fences, the tang of cheap peanut butter sandwiches, and Lady the German Shepherd&#8217;s unwavering loyalty. His prose pulses with the rhythm of restless youth, balancing wry humor against raw vulnerability. 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