The Hour of St. Michael is about the invisible nature and qualities of man as seen through the eyes of the orphan Katie.
M.K. Kildor writes about borders and boundaries in the spiritual realm. Hour of St. Michael is a middle grade novel of what the eye can't see, and according to the character Katie "...the time of in and out of alive.." but where she lives is what you'll have to figure out.
Nine year-old Katie is always in the fourth grade. She never grows taller than a doorknob. Every year when the earth shakes dirt and wakes the crocus in spring, is the time when things happen the most.
Stuff happens in the town of Hell's Harbor, Maine. A tiny fishing village perched high on a cliff with rolling rocks that plunge into the sea. Bluejays soar over lupines, and hide in the pines. It hadn't always been called Butt Town, but that was before the Butt Whackers came into existence.
Who were the Butt Whackers, and why couldn't Katie tell Father Kevin what they were doing? Katie finds help from friends who guide her on this journey of in and out of alive. Mostly, she walks her own way, not forgotten by the One who sees, everything.