I foolishly asked everyone to vote on a title for my “Girl
Scout” novella without actually telling anyone what it was about! So here’s a
quick blurb, which might very well find its way to the back cover:
Fifteen year
old Beth Hamlin is horrified to discover her beloved summer camp must go
without campfires this year, thanks to the fire hazard from a drought. At first
she and her friends try to perk up the other campers, but Beth isn't one to
just sit (or swim, or boat, or horseback) around, when there's a challenge to
be met.
Beth
discovers her new cabinmate, Cassidy, knows a local Cherokee who claims the
ability to do a rain dance. Now all they have to do is trick the Camp Director
into letting Running Creek do the dance there, avoid the local bully and a
flying arrow or two … and keep from getting caught plotting with the local fire
captain on a forbidden cell phone. With luck southern Indiana will get a nice,
soaking rain, and when it's over Camp Inipi can have proper campfires again.
But when
things go horribly wrong, the whole area is endangered by a double disaster.
Now Beth, Cassidy, and the rest of their unit may be the only people who can
save not only their camp, but everyone in it.
When Beth's
big brother told her being a teenager could be rough, he probably didn't have
this in mind.
And here’s
the Facebook poll on the title, if anyone’s interested:
I like the sound of it.
ReplyDeleteThanks ... and soon we'll see if I pulled off the full story.
DeleteHello Mark:
ReplyDeleteWe are already gripping the sides of our seats and now keenly await reading in full the adventures of Beth and Cassidy! But, seriously, it all sounds great fun and, we are certain, most appealing to 'Girl Scout' readers.
That said, 'Don't play with fire' comes to mind as a salutary warning!
Fun is what it's all about! I'm hoping it will be fun for everyone who reads it, not just Scouts --but we'll see.
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