Trombones Can Laugh

Teen loner James Sauerbaugh wants nothing more than a chance to get his act together, when the Forces That Be land him in a Shriner band as a substitute. James discovers this band of decrepit drunks play circus screamers flawlessly. An ancient trombonist helps him develop an appreciation of the old coots and their Shriner mission. A touching, fun book that links generations.Circuses and parades go wildly awry when James Sauerbaugh joins a band of Shriners as a substitute trombonist. It turns out the band members are ancient and bombed out of their minds, but James comes to relish the friendships and wild fun on the bus and on parade floats. When Moses Grand, a fellow trombonist, rescues him from death at the hands of a ruthless killer, the story takes an ironic twist. Nobody can have enough books with circuses in them.