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Synopsis
This fictional story takes place in South Philadelphia where a boy named Jamil Jamil uses his special skills with animals to thwart a terrorist attack at the Liberty Bell. It s an inspiring account of determination that overcomes poverty by combining a love of animals with equal love from a great grandmother who is a guiding light in a storm of bullies and drug using step-boyfriends. But The Junto is also about schools, too. Inner city schools where disruptive students kill education and get away with it. It only takes one disruptive student to stop a teacher dead in his/her tracks, but try adding five or six disruptive students and the rest of the students haven't a chance to learn. The Junto is about teachers who care and tricks played on the principal. It's about having friends and loving animals. It's about why some kids learn in some schools and don't in others. And, it's about defending America. Seven terrorists are sent to America by The Prince of This World. Their mission? To meet at the Liberty Bell and hook up their bomb suits for Commander Bfranklin, who will snap the shutter and set off a dirty bomb, flattening Philadelphia. Upon arriving in Philadelphia, in order to avoid CIA and FBI surveillance devices, the terrorists meet and plan at the Philadelphia Zoo. That was their first big mistake. The animals inform Jamil Jamil of the evil plan and when no one in Philly believes him, except, of course, Grandma Rody, Jamil Jamil takes matters into his own hands and uses the zoo animals to try and stop the terrorists. Then, it's a race to the bell, a bell that once rang for freedom. Breaking out zoo animals is no easy feat. Hiding them in the City of Brotherly Love is even tougher. And when Tough Turkey, the South African hit woman, pulls of the diversion to fool police, it gives the terrorists a simple walk in the park to enter the building and down the hall to the Liberty Bell. Like the rhino said, "Kaboom, kabang, goodbye city, goodbye animals." The Junto Racing to the Bell is an edge of the seat, suspense thriller that just shouldn't be missed.
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About the Author
Growing up in a blue collar Irish-Italian town overlooking the Schuylkill River, author Ron spent his career in education. He worked his way through college as a regional reporter for the Gannett owned Elmira Star Gazette. He's written newspaper columns for the Wellsboro Gazette and the Elmira Star Gazette. Upon graduation from college, he taught and coached five years in a rural high school, where his student's newspaper won the Keystone Award for the best high school newspaper in Pennsylvania. He coached girls junior high basketball, girls varsity volleyball, and boy's varsity baseball. For the next 25 years The Junto author was an educational fund raiser at Mansfield University, Penn State University, the University of Illinois, Temple University and now currently at Drexel University. He's raised funds for student scholarships, faculty support positions, i.e., chairs and professorships, and he even raised a million-plus dollars for mushroom research. In 2005 Ron spent a year teaching in a Philadelphia inner city charter school learning first-hand about urban education. He taught social studies to grades four through eight and called it "an eye opening experience." From that opportunity he gained knowledge about inner city children, which gave him insight for the Jamil Jamil series. Many of the episodes and characters in The Junto Racing to the Bell, are based on the experiences Ron had while teaching. The author is an avid runner who logs 25 miles a week through 'Rocky Country.' He loves to write and has written blogs about the Phillies and his family. It took Ron a year to write The Junto. He would get out of bed at 4:30 a.m., go for a 30 minute run, shower quickly, then, with his coffee, write for two hours, before leaving for work. He also loves speaking to groups about self motivation, self worth, and self discipline; and how any goal is achievable for anyone who works hard and smart enough. He and his wife Denise make their home in South Philadelphia.
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