Writer of kids' books, cli-fi, stories of home/lessness & pain, love & forgiveness & faith... All broken into beauty ~
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ZEPHYR THE CHRISTMAS CAT
“Harv made a big grump-face. How could he sleep? The train creaked and jostled. Wait, what was that MEEP?” Harv just wants to get home to Mom & his baby sister. But then he discovers a shivering stowaway, & has to find a family for her.
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WHERE THEY WENT
9-1-1 state of the world. When 2 unlikely friends (6th-grade rich girl and poverty-line Sikh boy) run away from it all into the Maine Woods, now it's about survival. How their families are going to survive this is a whole other set of stories.
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MAGIC IS MALARKEY
No way did Sally mean to conjure up these rude ghosts. But when they start threatening her family, she’s a one-girl no-mercy phantom-busting crew. Until she realizes they’re unread characters from an unpublished book.
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15-year-old K-T isn’t Greta Thunberg – besides which, it's too late. K-T tried, but since the adults never listened, her world is now climate chaos unlimited. 2030 school year—canceled. Phones & internet? Done. Plus her little sister just ran away.
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Kids and reading... It was so heartening!
Overheard at this year’s Trick-or-Book:
- A middle-school boy - “Whoa! Yo! This is so good!” He then drags 2 more kids his age over, all 3 exclaiming excitedly over the books.
- The girls – “Ooh, we love reading!” “We LOVE books!”
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https://t.co/RcwxQ8mTq4 #CultureDays Yawning characters, dark and stormy nights...
We're going to have fun
playing around with The Rules,
coming up with worst-ever first lines,
and brainstorming best beginnings!
Pen & paper await!