![]() "The Serpent King" examines religion in all its multifaceted incarnations. It takes friends as loyal and brave as Lydia and Travis to stand by his side and see his true worth. When a scandal lands Dill’s father in jail, everyone in the town blames Dill, including his own mother. Jeff Zentner’s debut young adult novel "The Serpent King" is a Southern Gothic masterpiece and a heartbreaking coming-of-age novel.ĭill is the son of a Pentecostal snake-handling minister. There's Travis, a gentle giant who dreams of writing fantasy novels Lydia, who runs a fashion blog and dreams of going to school in New York and Dill Early Jr., who isn’t sure what his dreams are, just that they might involve music and not getting left behind by his friends. In the dark pinewoods about an hour outside of Nashville, there are three teenagers about to graduate. For details, visit “And if you're going to live, you might as well do painful, brave, and beautiful things.”. ![]() Jeff Zenter will be on the Young Adult Panel at the Mississippi Book Festival Aug. ![]()
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