Now with an editorial review from Publishers Weekly and interest from a major international agency. In 1980s rural Texas, by straw poll, Brian Zimmerman is elected the Boy Mayor of Crabb to prevent its annexation by a larger neighbor. Years later he recounts his story for the narrator where he reveals the astounding details he gleaned while at a Mayoral Conference in Paris and how these shaped his teenage years and beyond. The former Mayor of tiny Crabb speaks of the incredib

Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite "So many pets are abused, abandoned, poorly cared for. It’s a tragedy and we need more stories like Robert E. Kearns’ Scampy’s Merry Christmas to help us be more compassionate and caring for our animal friends. The story is basically a narrative, told with care and sensitivity, drawing the reader into the life of a young puppy, first on the farm where he was born, then in the grim living conditions in the city. The pl