# The Golden Hour

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- Book: [The Golden Hour](https://www.bookquiver.com/niki-smith/the-golden-hour) ([The Golden Hour.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/niki-smith/the-golden-hour.md))
- Authors: [Niki Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/niki-smith)
- Publisher: little_brown_young_readers_us
- ISBN: 978-03-1654-033-9
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2021-12-09
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Struggling with anxiety after witnessing a harrowing instance of gun violence, Manuel Soto copes through photography, using his cell-phone camera to find anchors that keep him grounded. His days are a lonely, latchkey monotony until he's teamed with his classmates, Sebastian and Caysha, for a group project. Sebastian lives on a grass-fed cattle farm outside of town, and Manuel finds solace in the open fields and in the antics of the newborn calf Sebastian is hand-raising. As Manuel aides his new friends in their preparations for the local county fair, he learns to open up, confronts his deepest fears, and even finds first love.