"There are some people that walk around on two feet and others like me that run on all four." Newbie Johnson tries to understand the meaning of this statement while learning about friendship, loss, and love as a small-town teenager. The Art Of Raising Hell is a coming-of-age story set in the 1970s that centers around four teenagers and their involvement with a larger-than-life character named Lonny Nack. Newbie had recently moved to Bunsen Creek, when his mother is killed in a devastating car crash. Nursing a broken soul, he soon hooks up with the three best friends a guy could ever ask for and meets the love of his life, Sally Nack. Sally's brother, Lonny, fears no one, including The Law, and soon takes his peculiar sense of justice, along with his love of practical jokes, to new heights while entertaining the colorful characters of Kickapoo County. When Officer Hightower and Lonny collide with deadly results, Newbie becomes the only one who can make things right. He now has some serious choices to make before he can get on with his life and discover who he really is.