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First Page: CHAINED
An entire herd of elephants will care for a member that falls ill. —From Care of Jungle Elephants by Tin San Bo The flood left, but the fever stayed. I sit on the floor of our hut and hold a cold...
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First Page and Giveaway: REUNITED
Win a copy of Reunited! Details at the end of this post. Chapter One “Is the blindfold really necessary?” Alice asked her parents. “Yes!” they replied, in stereo. Her mom tightened the bandanna around...
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First Page and Giveaway: TRACING STARS
Win a signed copy of Tracing Stars! Details at the end of this post. I drop low in the seat and look out the bus window. We pass Pa’s shop, Chickory and Chips Famous Fishery. I wave to the wooden...
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First Page and Giveaway: THE BREAK
Win a signed copy of The Break! Details at the end of this post. I was about ten years old when I realized that if people think your mother is a living saint, pretty much anything you do will fail to...
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First Page and Giveaway: THE UPSIDE OF ORDINARY
Win a copy of The Upside of Ordinary! Details at the end of this post. A big THANK YOU to Dad and the Super-pro vacuum he ordered on the internet. The huge carton it arrived in yesterday is just my...
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First Page and Giveaway: A WHOLE LOT OF LUCKY
Win a signed copy of A Whole Lot of Lucky! Details at the end of this post. I didn’t do it. I am innocent. I know convicts say that even when they’re guilty, but I’m telling you the truth. At...
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First Page and Giveaway: THE UNIVERSE OF FAIR
Win a copy of The Universe of Fair! Details at the end of this post. Chapter 1 The Force Field On the way home from school on the bus I’m staring off into space and thinking about how weird it is that...
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First Page and Giveaway: MISS FORTUNE COOKIE
Win a signed copy of Miss Fortune Cookie! Details at the end of this post. Chapter 1 You will have much luck and little hardship. Or the other way around. My friends and I were riding home from school...
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First Page: A SMIDGEN OF SKY
“Piper Lee, honey, what do you think of this one?” Mama held up a frilly purple bridesmaid’s dress. I rolled my eyes. “It’s great if you want me to look like an eggplant.” Mama made a worried sound...
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First Page: SEND ME A SIGN
Hillary looked up from her phone, squinting at me in the afternoon sun before she pulled on the sunglasses perched on her head. “There is nothing happening tonight. Nothing.” Ally rolled onto her...
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