Excerpt from AnkouThis sample comes from a middle-grade novel I am writing. The story is about a boy (Colby) who dies on New Year's eve, making him the ankou (or grim reaper) in his area for the next year, and about a girl (Anna) who is able to see him. In this scene, Colby and Anna go save his best friend's life.
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Excerpt from A Summer in VirginiaThis piece also comes a middle-grad novel I am writing. The story is about a girl (Addy) who is sent to Virginia to spend the summer with her mom, who is very sick and who Addy hasn't seen since she was four. In this sample, Addy gets to her mom's house and tries to find entertainment in middle-of-nowhere Virginia.
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