The Ruin is a story about bullying, damaged lives, and the tragic consequences that too often end in suicide or even the ultimate tragedy: school shootings. The Ruin begins with retiring English teacher Clifton Kelley caring for his class during a school lock down, because across town a boy is shooting classmates in the school cafeteria. Kelley flashes back 40 years to himself as a 14 year old boy, who after years of school-yard bullying, is driven to make the decision whether to aim his rifle at the boys who have bullied and beaten him or seek refuge from his rage by fleeing to the...

In 1977 through 1979 the Fenter Family, Kenneth, Lora, Philip and Janelle travelled from Springfield, Oregon to Isahaya, Japan. Located near Nagasaki on Kyushu, the southern Island of Japan, Isahaya was a small town with very little contact with Americans. Ken and Lora were there to teach in Chinzei Gakuin a private junior college and high school. Philip 12 and Janelle 9 entered the local public schools. Almost immediately the children attracted attention and families invited them and their parents into their homes. The Fenters established an open house once a week for anyone in the community...

Pivotal Times is the third novel in the series begun with The Ruin and The Bee Tree. Cliff Kelly, Angelina Martinez and Hector Rodriguez are in high school. Cliff and Hector are freshmen at Montezuma County High School in Cortez. Angelina, now a sophomore, joins them as a transfer from Mancos in order to take advantage of the offerings of the much larger school. Cliff and his new friends in the freshman class immediately encounter freshman initiation, which Cliff sees as school sanctioned bullying. He sets about to rally the class to stand up to the upperclassmen and fight for its...

The Ruin: Rage... is about a boy driven to the brink of deadly force by school bullys by Kenneth Fenter. A 14 year old must decide whether to murder his tormentors or choose another way to deal with the rage that is taking control of him. He finds himself sitting by the road with a rifle in hand waiting with images playing in his mind waiting for school to be out... The Ruin: Rage is a re-release of Book One of The Ruin published in 2010 by Kenneth Fenter. The original edition encompassed five books covering a year in the life of Cliff Kelly. Because of it's length and complexity, the target...

The Ruin: Homecoming is the fall, winter, spring and homecoming portion of what was originally published in 2010 as The Ruin, which in Five Parts encompassed a year. This new edition is re-designed with larger type for easier reading and focuses on the critical area of the book Cliff Kelly? survival of the eight month long severe winter at the over 7,000 foot elevation location of the cliff dwelling. He is isolated in the cave with no one for company but the skunk and magpie. During that time of creativity and contemplation he has time to think about the directions that will determine the...

The Ruin: Survival is the summer of Cliff Kelly's sojourn to regain his self-worth after years of persistent bullying by students, a teacher and severe punishment at home. It focuses on the summer after Cliff Kelly decides to remain in the ruin after running away from home. He has nothing with him except his .22 single shot rifle and a box of shells, a change of clothing and a journal. The rifle he can't use without being discovered in his hideout a mile and a half from home. To make the clothes last he has to learn how to clean them. The journal has valuable information on the edible plants...

After the loss of his wife, Charlie Kelly departs on a world tour to assuage his grief. He is convinced to start his tour in Japan, a place he hasn't seen in two decades, since he was stationed there while in the Army. Many old memories return, not the least of which, is the memory of the young Japanese teacher he once loved and lost. This romantic novel is filled with suspense, intrigue and tragic comedy. It involves romances discovered in the wake of sacrifices. Will the long lost prince and princess find each other and reunite? This book contains the elements of a spy novel. There is the...

Like the four preceding books in this series, Coronado's Gold delves into friendships, adventure, and meeting the challenges of growing to adulthood. The setting is the southwestern corner of Colorado, specifically the LaPlata Mountain Range. The time is the mid 1950s. Four boys, Bruce, Carl, Tim and Cliff set out on a weeklong fishing/camping trip in the La Plata Mountain Range of Southwestern Colorado. Bruce and Carl have just graduated from high school. It is a last opportunity for the four to bond before the Bruce and Carl leave for college. Although Cliff is the youngest he has the most...

Volume One of the series, An American Family in Japan. First released in 1985, this is the third edition with additional photos and updated introduction, and fresh layout. In 1977 Kenneth and Lora Fenter resigned from their teaching jobs in Springfield, Oregon to take teaching positions at a small junior college in Isahaya, Japan about 15 miles from Nagasaki in southern Kyushu, Japan. Their children, Philip and Janelle were 12 and 9 respectively and were enrolled in the public schools of Isahaya. The book Gaijin Gaijin which means Foreigner Foreigner chronicles the first year of what...