Under Boy Scout Colors

A child’s scream cuts through the autumn dusk—and Dale Tompkins finds him gripping a live wire. The crowd can only stare; Dale has to remember what his Scout handbook says.

In Hillsgrove, on a wet evening of paper deliveries, Dale is eager to reach his troop meeting and proud of the trefoil badge pinned beneath his shabby coat. But when a little boy lies helpless in the roadway, the adults’ warnings cannot make Dale stand aside. He must turn what he has learned about insulation into action, with rainwater underfoot and a deadly current still running. The rescue may cost more than his papers and a bruised head. What will Dale’s first brave act mean for the boy—and for the Scout he hopes to become?

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