"Alec Hastings' Otter St. Onge and the Bootleggers is a coming-of-age story of adventure, family, and history from a wild and beautiful place and a by-gone era. Mr. Hastings writes about his young hero with clarity, humor, and feeling. Otter St. Onge is that rare novel, in the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird and A Separate Peace, that will appeal to both adults and younger readers as well."

- Howard Frank Mosher, author of Disappearances and Stranger in the Kingdom

"Alec Hastings' first novel? Get out! Hastings' Otter St. Onge reads like the work of a long-time, deft writer. It's a play on paper and hewed to the works of the great Howard Frank Mosher. It'll appeal to historians and wild-minded Green Mountain cusses alike. Read of the good fun and dangerous days of 1927 amongst Lake Champlain's northern islands. You'll wish for another from Mr. Hastings."

- Rusty DeWees, "The Logger," actor, writer, producer

"This here's a good book!"

- George Woodard, dairy farmer, actor, and director of the film The Summer of Walter Hacks

"This fast-paced, well-written story has plenty of action and characters you'll care about. Get ready to be transported into the 1920s, in an adventure that includes bootlegging, Babe Ruth, Lake Champlain history, and Otter's search for his father, missing since WWI."

- Natalie Kinsey-Warnock, author of As Long As There Are Mountains