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| 21 century bully meets 18 century female Paul Revere |
Ride of a Lifetime
Jim Abernathy is the new kid at Langdon Middle School - and
a bully. With the death of his mother,
and his father having to work two jobs, Jim has been on his own for the last
year. In that year, Jim has become a
bitter and brooding young man. A new job in Phoenix is just what Jim and his
dad need for a new start.
Miss Wickware, and all the students in her history class,
get a dose of Jim’s surly attitude the second he walks through the door.
Everyone holds their breaths when their teacher and Jim go nose to nose. Miss Wickware wins the first round.
The class must draw historical subjects out of a box and
present oral reports on whom or what they have drawn. Jim draws Sybil
Ludington. “Great, a woman” His words
are dripping with sarcasm. “Real exciting!”
Jim’s ideas about women in history take a whole new turn
when he walks out of class and into the Eighteenth Century and the life of
Sybil Ludington.
Excerpt
“These
aren’t my clothes. Where are my clothes?” His voice grew louder with each word.
The
girl stood and took a few steps back. Her eyes were wary but there was concern
in her voice. “Please, you may have hurt yourself when you fainted. Maybe you
shouldn’t be dancing around.”
“I’m
not dancing around. What the heck is happening…?” He stopped talking and his
head snapped back around to her. “Faint! I didn’t faint! Only sissies faint!”
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I write for all ages, from the early reader to adults. My books range from pictures books for the
little ones, to fantasy, time-travel adventures for ages 9 to 13. I also write
adult stories, including a family drama and contemporary, paranormal and
historical westerns romances, under P. A. Estelle.
I was a school secretary for 21 years. My husband and I moved to our retirement home
in Kingman, AZ, on very rural 54 acres, living on solar and wind only.
More about my books can be found in the following links:
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