"The Gulf Between Us" Part One of The Gulf Series The Story of Ivan and Clay by Rick Beck Young Adult Drama Adventure  Rated for Teen and Up Audiences Proudly presented by

    The Gulf series is dedicated to the young men and women of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland Florida. You are the tip of the spear piercing the shield the demagogues hide behind. Courage, with poise, while under fire, creates legend. Thanks for standing up to be counted.
Peace & Love,
Rick Beck

Prologue

     Life in Tulsa is good. His friends live on his block. They don't do anything that exciting, but they're kids. There job is to have fun together.
     The family is uprooted and moves over a thousand miles. They'll live near a tiny town in a house on the Gulf of Mexico. The closest house is nearly a mile away. There's only one. There are no kids except for the ones living at his house.
     While testing the boundaries of his new world, he sees Ivan Aleksa. Clay decides this handsome, graceful, athletic boy is going to be his friend.
     Too scared of rejection, he hesitates. Ivan disappears. Clay's first opportunity to make a new friend, and he doesn't talk to him, but he doesn't forget him. He has no idea how he'll find this regal boy again.
     The distance between them proves not to be so great, but the question remains, why would a popular talented boy like Ivan want to be friends with the very ordinary Clay?

Chapter 1
"Tulsa Time"

Chapter 2
"Whatever Floats Your Tube"

Chapter 3
"The House by the River"

Chapter 4
"Ivanhoe"

Chapter 5
"Ivan's World"

Chapter 6
"Brother's and Other Strangers"

Chapter 7
"Family Planning"

Chapter 8
"Eatable Charmer"

Chapter 9
"Vilnius Two"

Chapter 10
"Being Schooled"

Chapter 11
"Fine Thin Line"

Chapter 12
"Huggers and Mothers"

Chapter 13
"Changing"

Chapter 14
"Visitation"

Chapter 15
"Tom & Huck Build A Raft"

Chapter 16
"House Warming"

Chapter 17
"Distance, Mothers, & Time"

Chapter 18
"Big Fish"

Chapter 19
"Tender Trap"

Chapter 20
"Lost on the Wind"

Chapter 21
"Making It Happen"

Chapter 22
"Driving the Boat"

Chapter 23
"Click"

Chapter 24
"Holiday Cheer"

Chapter 25
"Greetings"

Chapter 26
"Turn, Turn, Turn"

Chapter 27
"Brothers Again"

Chapter 28
"Fish Tales"

Chapter 29
"Boy to Man"

Chapter 30
"The Future is Now"

Chapter 31
"Tick in Time"

Chapter 32
"1968"


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"The Gulf Between Us" Copyright © OLYMPIA50 1 September 2015 All rights reserved.
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