Sock Full Of Pennies

Rusty Sledge is the smallest and poorest child in his class. He's also the brightest. For these reasons, he is beaten-up and bullied to the brink of suicide. When his dad tells him to stand up for himself or face a beating from him, Rusty makes the only weapon available to him, a sock full of pennies. With it, he levels the playing field and his overgrown nemesis, Barry Buckley. Then with the help of three mentors, a school teacher, an old coal mine operator, and a West Virginia State Trooper, he turns his sock full of pennies into a world-wide coal mining entity that he uses to go after the corporate bullies and crush a ruthless coal cartel and their illegitimate union. This story will grab you and hold you in Rusty's world until you read the last ironic word, and leave you with the lesson that if you meet adversity head-on, it truly does get better. Remember, do unto others as you would have others do unto you. If you don't, they may have a sock full of pennies.