CHEATING AGNES is a work of historical fiction set against the background of the 1972 Agnes Flood. In the weeks and months that followed, the lives of Wyoming Valley’s lowland residents were filled with heartbreak, hope, and humanity in the face of inexplicable loss. Heeding the call to restore the valley is a promising high-school athlete (and under-performing student) nicknamed Whipper who struggles to find himself amid the disastrous aftermath of the nation’s worst natural disaster at the time. This witty Shakespeare-quoting Tom Sawyer – or maybe it’s Huck Finn – turns recovery work into a rollicking adventure that takes a tragic turn.