Murder in the Newsroom

Who killed his father? Who is the Dog Man? Can he fill his father’s editorial shoes? These are the questions facing 14-year-old Andrew Gates as he struggles to understand his world suddenly turned upside down. Not only was Maine in the middle of an armed revolution, Andrew was also in the middle of one too. With the death of his father, he had to go from childhood to adulthood while fighting with the idea that maybe his father died in vain.
Based on the true period when armed men surrounded the capitol building of Maine in 1880. Three different armies actually formed in an effort to place their selected governor in power. Andrew watches the tension grow until it kills his father, the editor of the “Morning Sentinel,” a weekly Augusta, Maine newspaper.
Forced to take on the responsibilities of the newspaper office, Andrew also must find his father’s killer. Helping or hindering him in his quest are two of Maine’s most dominating real life characters of the 1800s, Senator James Blaine and General Joshua Chamberlain. Besides these men, Andrew gathers in the help of the Dog Man, a mysterious homeless man who roams the streets, gathering information but only speaks in rambling thoughts.
Can Andrew do it? Will he be able to become Andrew Gates – reporter for the Morning Sentinel?