num_pages: 384
description: Poignant and thought provoking, this is a down-to-earth, sometimes humorous novel filled with suspense, action, redemption, and even romance. Seventeen-year-old Jeremy Prine decides to honor his mother's dying wish and seek out his estranged uncle who was badly burned in the accident that killed Jeremy's father. He finds the man working as a hard-rock miner in the south, an extremely dangerous occupation. His uncle seems a bitter and lonely man, but Jeremy senses more beneath the surface. Against his uncle's wishes, Jeremy takes a job as a miner and soon his young faith is tested by his rough and gritty co-workers, the threat of danger...and the possibility of love.
language: English
title: Bad Ground
titlecomplete: Bad Ground
genres: Adult Fiction, Christian Fiction, Novels, Christian, Contemporary, Fiction
ratings_count: 473
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Christy Award
category: General
publisher: Bethany House