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This is my second selection of novels. I'm as proud as any parent with a house full of beautiful, talented
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pictured) below and let's get it started. If you are willing to swap
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Without further ado, let's get to it. Feel free to scroll down or click on link for your choice of book:
D.N.A.
a YA novel.
"....This was beautifully written by Ey, mostly in flashbacks. Debney is a
well-conceived character with spunk and intelligence, and despite the
disinterest and lack of love from her mother, or maybe because of it,
she is a warm and selfless character. Her closest friends, although
diverse in character are likeable and their mixed ethnicity bonds them
tightly. All the characters in this book were well-drawn, the story is
nicely paced and the result is a delightful YA novel"
Beeshon
DESCRIPTION:
Debney Nichole Armstrong thought she knew everything about her
family. She knew her dad worked hard at everything, except building a
relationship with his family. She knew her younger brothers were
typical little kids, and she knew without doubt, her mother cared
nothing for her first born and only daughter. But what she hadn’t
known was, DNA could ruin your life.
Eighteen
year old Debney Nichole Armstrong, found out about her parents’ and
little brothers’ death during the night of her eighteenth birthday
party. Yes, sometimes relationships in families end tragically. People
leave; parents die, and lives change, but does it all have to bring
out the skeletons in the closet?
After
one of her reoccurring bitter arguments with her mother, Debney is
left home alone while her family goes away on summer vacation. In the
chaos of a romantic (with her long time crush) dinner turned teen
party, she learns of the death of her family. What she really needed
to know was what role did her mother contribute to the ‘accident’?
Where were the bodies of her ten year old twin brothers? Who is the
strange man in her mother’s journals, and who is the father of the
child she now carries? No matter what the answers are, Debney knows,
nothing will ever be the same.
EXCERPT:
i. Sometimes Life Sucks
Debney clasped
the rail to the stairs tightly, slowed her steps in an effort to
control her odd side to side waddling movements, and hoped to
forestall the possibility of losing her balance and falling over. No
mean feat considering the large backpack pressing into her side weighed
more than ten pounds and the huge odd shape of her near nine month
pregnancy caused her to lean dangerously forward.
Looking
down and into the hallway, she met the animated gaze of more than two
dozen pair of eyes. It was easy to see that the giggling groups of
students standing and gawking around their lockers were getting a kick
out of her precarious situation, none were worried about her.
Straightening
her shoulders and tightening her jaw she urged herself to show
confidence. One stupid mistake and they would all laugh and she would
have to spend the rest of the day trying to live with an added
humiliation. It would be the last twang on her already bruised nerves,
and she knew she would probably lose all of her self control.
Releasing
each shaky breath, she exhaled slowly with each successful step she
took. If she did fall,it would be her third tumble within one week and
obviously not a good thing for her or the baby, but a definite show of
entertainment for the uncouth high school ensemble. The pain from the
fall she knew she would get over, but the embarrassment and the
ridicule would be way too hard to swallow. Debney held the rail
tighter and continued moving cautiously, she refused to let herself be
the brunt of their humor once again.
"Fat pig on the stairs." chortled one as she elbowed Debney in the side.
"Girl roll on down and get out the way." Another laughed loudly.
"Yeah you're blocking everybody."
“They
shouldn’t allow people like you in here, anyway. What kind of model
are you for the freshman? A stupid girl, that sleeps around and then
doesn’t have the sense to use protection, idiot.” The fourth turned and
sneered at Debney as she bounced down the stairs after her friends.
Breathing
in deeply, Debney let the long fall of her hair hide the mixture of
fear and anger in her face, while provided her with a curtain to shield
her emotions behind; the small gesture pulled in check her urge to
retaliate. What she really wanted to do was grab them, one at a time,
slit their throats and then throw them down the stairs. The
visualization of their bodies slamming against the lockers and
exploding amused her. She smiled slightly, as she imagined herself
standing on the stairs, hands on hips, big belly bouncing while she
laughed loudly like a raving maniac. And it would be their faults for
driving her to insanity. The juvenile hate filled mass campaign the
students of King’s Multicultural High School had organized to do her
harm became more and more evident as her days to give birth grew
shorter. It was no longer a laughing matter. True, she may have
unwittingly caused some of the animosity to be pointed towards her,
but endangering the life of an innocent baby was uncalled for.
The
sudden flurry of independent movement of her shirt drew her attention
from the chaos and noise around her to the presence of turmoil
within. The baby’s hearty kicks seemed to mirror the anger burning
through her veins. Resting her palm on the freakishly rolling inch of
flesh under her shirt she whispered quiet words of comfort. Here she
was nearly ready to give birth and she still hadn’t gotten used to the
dance movements going on inside of her body. The small kick of the
child against her ribs was the only hold to her restraint and sanity.
“Are you okay?”
Lifting
her head and lowering it just as quickly when her gaze smacked
straight into the concerned eyes of Giante’ DeVries, Debney sighed and
cursed under her breath irritably. Not bothering to answer she
continued on her measured course down, the action successfully causing
him to move with her.
Giante’
walked the stairs backward and directly in front of her. His left
hand sliding unhurriedly down the rail with the arm held stiffly,
successfully giving the impression he would protect her from falling.
His hands were huge, smooth and long fingered. And from what she tried
hard not to remember, extremely gentle.
She
felt the heat rise in her face as quickly as the shame entered her
thoughts. Above all the others, she remembered him. Every thought she
ever had of him caused her to ridicule herself. If the imminent danger
of falling wasn’t weighing heavily on her mind she would have closed
her eyes to avoid the compassion in his.
“You
know it wouldn’t hurt you to pretend you know me, Debney. Hell we’ve
spent every summer together for as long as I can remember. I’m just
worried about you Deb.” His voice softened as he whispered the last
part.
“I’m fine.”
Her
voice came out in little more than a whisper. It had been days since
anyone had spoken to her. Weeks if you subtracted the cruel, sarcastic
tones of voices. She quickened her steps, trying to brush past him as
soon as her feet hit solid ground but he as usual blocked her path.
“I
haven’t seen you in a while. What with football practice and Spring
Break, I haven’t had time to roam the halls, but I’ve missed you.” He
bent down a little to try and see her face through the curtain of her
thick dark hair.
His
smile was encouraging and the only thing she could see of his face
without boldly throwing her head back. No way would she be doing that,
she just didn’t feel brave enough to follow through. The last time she
let her emotions rule her actions all hell had fallen into her life.
She kept her head down and watched her hands gently rubbing her
stomach as she encouraged herself to respond.
“That’s
fine. Giante' it didn't matter. Everything has been the same.” She
sucked in a deep breath and tried to go around him, but was forestalled
by his evasive movements. “Can you get out of the way? I have things I
need to do before the bell rings.”
“Why do you always run from me, Debney?”
Closing
her eyes briefly, Debney sighed deeply. She just didn’t have time for
an interrogation. She knew anything she did out of her ordinary habit
of scurrying through the crowd would draw unwanted attention in her
direction. Standing still in the middle of the hallway was something
she avoided as much as possible. When it came to finding a victim for
harassment she was the biggest target and she preferred to be a moving
one. Peering around his shoulder at the students in the hallway she
took a steadying breath. Maybe if she let him have a few moments of
conversation he would hurry and move and she would be free to go on her
way.
Pressured
beyond belief knowing she had a short space of time to get through
the hallway to the restroom and yet not willing to give him access to
such information, she fiend irritation, executed her best wiggling
neck in the current attitudal broken hinged fashion, she answered
louder than necessary.
“Why do you always stand in my way, Giant?” Her irritation at being confronted plainly showing.
"You know I don't like you calling me that, Deb."
Of
course she knew. He had been teased with the nickname from the third
grade onward. Ever since kindergarten he’d been shoulders and head
taller than the other boys his age and after the summer of their fifth
grade year he’d outgrown those same boys by another nine inches.
Tossing
her head back to clear the hair from her face she commanded herself
to look him boldly in the eyes, and immediately disobeyed. At almost
seven feet tall, Giante’ looked like a god. A tall muscular well built
beautiful Asian god and she loved him. A fact he seemed unaware of.
Looking
around anywhere and everywhere but in his face, she noticed the
movements and shuffling of the other students had practically stopped
and the volume in the hallway lowered as it filled with more bodies.
The sudden drop in the decibel of noise was a blatant sign of interest
in the couple’s conversation. It was obvious the crowd of students
were either pretending to retrieve articles from their lockers or
outright listening to their discussion. She lowered her voice.
“I’m
sorry, Giante’. I didn’t mean to shout or call you that. My last
class was a nightmare and I really have something I need to do before
the next one. Listen….” she grabbed the strap of her sagging backpack
in preparation to swing it to her other side and he yanked it from her
hand. The action caused her to lean forward precariously, only to be
saved from falling by him stepping forward and bearing her weight in
his arms. Moving quickly she righted herself and stepped back a few
paces. Using both hands to brush the hair from her face she sighed and
wiggled her shoulders in relief at the momentary removal of the added
weight.
“Are
you supposed to be carrying things this heavy?” Giante’ raised the
bag up and down testing its weight. “It’s as big as your stomach and
probably heavier than you are.”
“Obviously
you know nothing about social graces when it comes to talking to
pregnant women.” She reached for her bag and he switched it to his
other hand and higher than her reach. “Or should I say women in
general.”
She
saw the heat rise in his face and felt ashamed again for causing him
embarrassment. He used to be one of her best friends, one of the last
ones to stand by her side, and all she could do whenever they met was
‘cause him shame.
“You know what, Giante'? Don’t worry about the size of my stomach. You should mind your own damned business.”
“Should
you even be walking downstairs in your condition? Isn’t the baby due
soon?” He ignored her small tirade, the concern for her welfare
plainly seen through the softness of his eyes. “You should ask your
mom….”
Debney
interrupted his reprimand angrily. Moving without thought she stepped
towards him and in less than a second she was so close to Giante’
that their stomachs touched. His immediate step backwards spoke
volumes to his revulsion of the contact and she lost it. In her anger
she poked his chest with the nail of her pointer finger.
“You
know what; you should mind your own business and quit worrying about
me. And just what should I ask my mom, Giante’? Ask her if she misses
me? Ask her if she ever gave a crap about me? Ask her what she thinks
of her only daughter being pregnant? If she’s glad she gets to spend
eternity away from me? Or should I just ask her how she feels being
dead?”
Stunned
at voicing the questions she only repeated to herself when she was
alone at night, Debney covered her mouth with her hands and stared at
the hurt, mortified look on Giant’s face. She regretted hurting him,
but she just didn’t have the energy to coddle anyone. All she wanted
was to be left alone.
Before
he could answer, a crowd of his football buddies and their
cheerleader girlfriends surrounded and maneuvered themselves between
the couple, successfully separating them. The interruption felt like a
godsend and Debney decided to take the gift and slip away. Knowing it
wouldn’t be long before their inane conversation would be directed
towards her with derivative criticism, Debney reached for her bag,
again, Giante’ held it out of her reach.
Taking
Giante’s actions as a sign to continue the daily ritual of mocking
and ridicule, Roody the jock nearest to Debney, jumped back as if it
were detrimental to avoid any physical contact from her. He brushed
his hands across his shoulders and down his clothes. His nose turned
up in disgust.
"Man Giante' you need to stay away from DNA." He uttered the now hated acronym made from the initials of her name.
Looking
around the group of laughing mocking teens, Debney admonished herself
for having stood still and out in the open for far too long. Like a
deer in a pit of lions she knew she had left herself vulnerable and
open for attack. As usual she was stared at, criticized, and her
stomach poked.
“You
weren’t saying that when you were at my house.” Debney returned
Roody’s look with equal disdain and stepped up to him. “I’m the one
who should be wiping the disgust away.” Looking him up and down Debney
turned her back and dismissed him from her mind. “High school is too
damned typical and cliché. You guys need to grow up.”
“Hey if I knew I was going to be used like a piece of meat at that party,” Roody continued. “I would have stayed home.”
Debney
scoffed at the rebuke and fruitlessly reached for her bag again.
Giante’ ignored her frustrated glare and reached for her hand. Before
their fingers touched they were separated again by the movements of the
group.
"Yeah,
Giante, you better stay away from her. From all of the guys I heard
she slept with that baby can belong to any male in this school."
Fabeola the head cheerleader poked the kicking twitching mound. “Eww
and it moves.” She jumped back screeching and they all laughed.
“Hey,
your momma named you right, DNA.” Another member of the team jumped
into the conversation. “You’re a walking advertisement for the
paternity test. Why don’t you go on that TV show, what’s it called?”
He turned to the crowd in the hallway and they all shouted I’m Not Your Baby Daddy
with loud laughter and cat calls before he turned back to her with
pointed finger and continued talking. “You can find out who that baby’s
daddy is for free. And that way you can scratch my name off the
list.”
Horrified
at the suggestion and the burst of guffaws and snickering laughter,
Debney was stunned into silence. One of the three cheerleaders started
pointing at the male students milling in the hallway one at a time.
She twirled around slowly until she had pointed in all directions.
"You the daddy, and you the daddy, and you....”
Taking
advantage of his divided attention Debney grabbed her bag from
Giante’s loose grip and stomped away as quickly as possible. She
wasn’t quick enough to avoid the laughter and the now familiar taunt
which followed her and become the chant whenever she entered a room. DNA go away. Don’t spread your germs this a-way.
If they only knew how much she wished she could get away from the
life she was living, they would realize their chant was useless.
Her
only wish at the moment was to get into the restroom and behind the
doors of a stall before she broke down and cried. But as usual it
wasn’t her luck. The girls who were at the sink washing their hands
when she entered the room rushed back into empty stalls and those
about to exit stalls stepped back in, their uniformed laughter and
cheering her undoing. Those four were the main pain to her existence.
Where
she had walked in the restroom feeling pity for her situation and
hanging on the verge of tears, she now felt blinding rage. For nearly
nine months she’d put up with their ignorant picks, taunts and their
meanness as a deserved punishment for wishing her family dead. What she
had failed to realize was her punishment did not include the right to
let them focus their persecution on her innocent baby. This group of
girls, which usually included Fabeola, had made it their daily mission
to find a way to humiliate her. They'd pushed her down the stairs one
too many times and only because of the unforeseen luck of always
finding someone standing in front of her, she had not fallen too hard
or been hurt.
Just
the day before this same callous act of holding the stalls had caused
her to wet herself and miss all of her afternoon classes. Today she
was prepared. She’d made an elaborate plan the night before and
payback was going to be a ‘muther’. She was tired of being a victim
and tired of sitting back, letting others treat her as if she didn’t
matter. It was time she stood up and protected the child she was
carrying.
Stuffing
the drains of the six sinks with paper towels Debney turned on the
waters full force and watched as they filled quickly and began to over
flow. The girls in the stalls so proud of themselves with their
laughing, and cruel jokes missed the sarcasm in her voice as she
repeatedly begged loudly for them to come out so she could go in. Every
word from her; caused them to get louder and more rambunctious. Like
idiots, they banged on the stall doors and laughed loudly. Unzipping
the side opening of her back pack, Debney pulled out a wide roll of
grey packing tape. Banking on the fact their loudness was drowning out
the sound of the tape tearing, Debney moved quickly to tape the doors
of the stalls shut. She knew it probably wouldn’t hold them in long,
and they wouldn’t drown but it would make a point. Pulling a tube of
lipstick from her purse she wrote a message on the mirror making it
plain she was no longer playing. When she felt the water rising at her
feet, she smiled at her success.
“Fine, stay in there for all I care. I hate all of you and I’m tired of taking crap. I’ll stay here as long as you’re in there.”
“Go ahead.”
“We’re not the one that has to pee.”'
“And we sure aren’t going to be the one who pees on herself.”
And
the jokes and laughter continued. If she had felt an inkling of
remorse for her actions, it was now gone. Pushing the tape back in the
side pocket Debney pulled the typed ‘do not use’ sign from her bag and
slapped it to the outside of the door, as she walked into the
hallway. Just before she walked away she turned back and rammed the
rubber door stop under the door in mimic of one of the tricks they had
played on her.
Shouldering her
way through the chattering students rushing through the hallway to
their last class of the afternoon, Debney smiled to herself. She
barely made it through the door and squeezed her big belly into her
seat and under the desk before the bell rang.
****
She was flipping listlessly through the pages of her American
Literature book when three of the girls from the restroom entered the
room followed by the senior guidance counselor.
Debney’s gaze never wavered from the counselors face. She listened to
the squishy sounds made by the shoes of the girls as they crossed the
room to their desks and snickered. She tried not to laugh out loud
when the one sitting closer to her swung her leg to cross it at the
ankle and the water from the soaking hem of her jeans splashed onto
the calf of the girl sitting in front of her. The accompanying protest
and complaint was immediately quieted by the whispered explanation.
Within seconds the bathroom incident was shared with the entire class
and all faces were turned in Debney’s direction. The ensuing rush of
bitter stinging comments of outrage and taunts were cut into silence
by the upraised voice of the counselor.
“Debney Nichole Armstrong will you follow me to the office please.”
Without a word Debney slid out of her seat, sighing in frustration
because she had to struggle a bit to pull the backpack along with her.
Its cumbersome shape and weight causing her to bend and lift to get it
through the small opening between desktop and seat of chair. As
unintentionally as it may have seemed to the class, she swung it out
just in time to smack the pointed end of the pen out of the hand of the
girl sitting across from her. With repetition came knowledge. She had
been stuck too many times and as she had said before, she was tired of
taking crap.
Standing in front of the teacher’s desk Debney ignored the counselor and held out a card to the teacher.
“Ms. A, I just wanted to let you know I finally got around to filling
thank you cards from my family’s funeral. I know it’s taken a long
time. Put it down to too much going on in my life. I appreciate all you
have done for me. I just wanted to let you know I decided last night
that this would be my last day here. Since there are only two weeks
left to graduation I won't be coming back. I’ll have my own baby to
take care of in a few weeks and I’m tired of dealing with other
people’s immature little children.” She turned and looked over the
class with a sneer before turning back. “Thanks so much for your
kindness.”
“You’re welcome Debney. Take care of yourself.” The teacher walked around the desk and gave her a hug.
“I will. My number is on the card. You can call me if you ever feel like it.”
Before
she crossed the threshold for the last time Debney looked back into
the room. “Most of you people are people I have known for my entire
school career. We grew up together, learned a lot of things and have
made mistakes I thought we were friends and yet you are the only people
who have made me regret not having died with my family. Well, after
today you'll never have to say ‘DNA you go away’. I’m gone.”
Following
the counselor out of the room, Debney walked slowly through the empty
hallway towards the administration side of the school building. The
memory of four years of happiness was blurred by the horror and
loneliness of the past nine months.
“Sit here, Debney.” The counselor opened her office door and pointed towards the sitting area of the room.
“Oh,
God is this going to take long? Are you about to lecture me again?
I’ve heard enough. Once a week I’m in here for something or other. I
can’t take anymore I’m really tired.”
Debney
crossed the room to the nicely arranged furnishings and let herself
flop into the thick cushions of an armchair. Breathing in deeply she
closed her eyes and tried to relax. She hated this room. She had been in
the office more times over the past few months than the entire four
years she had attend the high school. It was always the same thing.
Nothing was her fault and yet, everything was her fault.
The
moisture from the cold wet container being placed in her hand brought
her back to the present. She looked at the item with disgust.
“Ewww gross. Why are you giving me orange juice Mrs. K? You don’t have a Cherry Coke?”
“Coke is not good for the baby.”
“Depends
on the kind of coke it is. Some kinds can really quiet the kid.” She
rubbed the now quiet mound of her abdomen as she looked the counselor
in the eye. Debney getting a kick out of the look on the Mrs. K’s face
sat back and laughed uproariously. “I’m kidding, I’m kidding.”
Stepping
away from Debney Mrs. K dropped herself into the other recliner; her
arms spread wide, the flesh jiggling a little when hitting the armrest
of the chair. The combined bounce of her wrist and the flop into the
chair caused a small splash from her can of coke to spill down her
hand and plop onto the carpet. Shrugging nonchalantly at the small
mess Mrs. K. lifted and crossed her legs onto the coffee table in
front of her as if she were tired as hell, and closed her eyes.
“You had better be. I know you don’t want CPS in your business.”
“God
no not again, it took months to get them out of my life when the
family first passed away. I don’t know what Good Samaritan called
thinking I was a little kid on my own, but they very nearly caused me
and the baby our freedom. Anyway orange juice makes me puke.”
“I
hadn’t thought of that.” She reached out and switched drinks. “Have
you been eating regularly? You seem thinner than you used to be.”
“I
eat three meals a day while at school alone. Can I help it if the
alien within me sucks up all my nutrients?” Debney lightly tapped the
bulge of her stomach and was immediately kicked in response. She
laughed softly. “Already like his mom, rebellious as hell.”
“What about the father Debney? What are you going to do about him?”
“Which ‘him’ are you talking about?”
“Whichever ‘him’,
you choose.” Mrs. K. sat up straight and took a sip from her drink.
“Don’t worry you know I’ve heard all of the rumors.” She smiled a
little. Having known Debney for a few years she fell into the casual
joking mode. “From what I’ve heard there is a choice between quite a few
from the football team. If it were me, there would be only one I
would choose.” She gave a one-sided lift of her lip and sucked down
the rest of her drink. The youthful action caused Debney to giggle.
“I shouldn’t have ever told you about my crush. Don’t worry about anything, I have it covered.”
“I’m
really worried about you Debney. You may think you’re all grown up
but you’re still a kid. Is anyone staying with you? Have you been to
the doctor lately?”
“I’m using a
midwife. Why do I need anyone with me? I’m an adult. I made eighteen a
couple of days after….I’m eighteen now. I don’t need a babysitter. I
may seem like a kid, but I’m one of the lucky ones. I’m filthy rich
and want for nothing. I’ve got it better than a lot of the other girls
running around school in the same situation.”
“No,
you don’t have it better. All of those girls have a family. Whether
they like it or not there is someone for them to run to. You’re alone
and you need a friend. Hell girl what you really need is someone to
talk you out of having a baby at home. Your first child and you so
young, you need to be in a hospital with someone there when you go
into labor.”
“Someone will be there. Don’t worry. I have all the money I need, a big house, and I don’t ever have to be alone.”
“Yeah,
but you can get lonely. Who’s there with you at night? Who do you
confide in Debney? Whose shoulder have you cried on since your entire
family died in that accident?”
“Listen,
Mrs. K. I made the mistake of crying on one too many shoulders the
night I found out my family died and look what it’s gotten me.” She
pushed herself into a standing position and rocked just a little at the
shift in altitude. “I don’t need a shoulder. Feeling sorry for myself
makes me jump to too many conclusions. I believed it when they told me
my little brothers were dead and I gave up on them. You know they
weren’t in the wreckage and I keep having the feeling I need to go find
them, but I turned around, swallowed my feelings and had a funeral for
them.”
“Debney you have to face
facts, they haven’t been found. You yourself told me there was a cliff
under the wreckage. They may have fallen over and into the ocean and
will never be found. I know that’s harsh, but you need to face facts.
You made a crazy trip out of the country hunting for them and nothing
has changed. You have to accept the realities of life and concentrate
on the next few weeks. Big things are about to happen in your life and
it may be the change you need to pull you out of the dumps.”
“I
know all of that and so I made up my mind last night that it’s
ridiculous for me to keep coming to school. I don’t need any credits. My
grades got me a scholarship and role as Valedictorian. And yet every
day I continue coming here I run the risk of being killed because too
many jealous ignorant little girls keep trying to push me down the
stairs, or humiliated because they hold up the restrooms until I pee on
myself. So if you took me out of class to lecture me about today’s
restroom incident, forget it. I’m not hearing it. Bill me for the
cleanup I’m good for the money. At least my parents left me something.”
She turned to stomp out of the room but stopped and turned around at
the sound of clapping.
“That’s good
Debney. I’m glad to finally see some kind of reaction coming from you.
I watch you daily trudging the halls, head down and looking at no
one. You eat alone, you walk around alone on the campus and you go
home alone. I heard you even fired the household staff. Who is taking
care of you? Who’s cooking for you? Making sure all the bills are
paid? I’ve talked to your teachers and we are all worried about you.
Sure you do your work as usual, but you have lost yourself. You’ve
locked down and closed out people in this school who care about you."
“People
like who Mrs. K.? The girls I thought were my friends are now
ignoring me and the ones I never had anything to do with have made it
their life’s mission to make my days a study in mental and physical
torture. It’s not that I want to be alone, it’s that I’m afraid to be
around anyone.”
“Why do you think that is, Debney? Why have you allowed them to treat you so horribly?”
PICTURE BOOKS
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I believe the trailer is the best piece of excerpt for each book.
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Mhia
is so upset about not being able to hug the sun her mom tell her
the story of the antics the sun goes through to get a hug and she
learns a little science in the end. Who Will Hug the Sun is part of a
series of picture books titled IN MY SISTER’S WORLD .
BETWEEN
THE TWO OF THEM explores the advantages and disadvantages of being
the middle child and shows how Gillean discovers she has the
uniqueness of being the only sister with the ability to be either the
eldest or the youngest child in the family.
What
would you do to ease the fears of your child’s nightmares? In prose
and illustrations, NOT A SOUND, NOT A PEEP shows how the family handles
the nightmares of Mhia, the youngest child in the family
If you would like to review either of the books, please contact me.
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