Protect
their community or protect their discovery?
For
eighth graders Chace, Harley, Will, and Cherise, that’s a life-changing
question after they find a dragon’s egg while hunting for thundereggs on the
beach. Toss in summer jobs, family struggles, and a National Security Agent,
and their summer vacation just became complicated.
Can they
find a solution that won’t leave their hearts broken or their community in
flames?
When
four eighth graders discover a dragon’s egg, they must choose between
protecting their treasure from the NSA or protecting their town from a growing
dragon!
Preorder here:
Even as a young girl, Kandi J Wyatt, had a knack for words.
She loved to read them, even if it was on a shampoo bottle! By high school
Kandi had learned to put words together on paper to create stories for those
she loved. Nowadays, she writes for her kids, whether that's her own five or
the hundreds of students she's been lucky to teach. When Kandi's not spinning
words to create stories, she's using them to teach students about Spanish,
life, and leadership.
Website:
http://kandijwyatt.com/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/kandijwyatt/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/kandijwyatt/
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/kandijwyatt
Pinterest:
http://pinterest.com/kandijwyatt
And there's even a super cool excerpt!!!!! Enjoy guys!!
After a few more minutes of digging,
the stone came free. Will wriggled it until we could get a grip underneath and
lift it out. I really had my doubts we could pick it up; I was sure it’d weigh
close to a hundred pounds or more. However, to my surprise, it came free and up
without a hitch, absurdly light for its size.
“Should it be this light?” I squinted
at the rock in our hands.
“I don’t know.” Will shrugged his
shoulder.
Chace shifted his grip. “I’ve never
seen a single rock this big before. But it should weigh more than this. I still
say it’s an egg.”
I was beginning to believe him, but
there were some good reasons to doubt it, too. “What bird’s this big, and how
did it get here? We’re a long way from the game park.”
The game park was the closest thing
to a zoo we had. They had wild animals and some pet deer, sheep, donkeys,
geese, goats, and peacocks to feed. They even had an emu and an ostrich, but I still
couldn’t imagine either one having an egg quite this size.
Chace shook his head. “I don’t know,
but listen.” He took a free hand and tapped ever so gently on the surface.
It echoed hollowly. Before anyone
could say anything, a second fainter tap came as if in reply.
“What in the world?” I
exclaimed, jumping and almost dropping the thing.
“It’s an egg,” Chace said with firm conviction.
“I don’t know what kind yet, but it’s an egg.”
“Wh-what do we do with it?” Will
looked like he wanted to toss it in the ocean.
“We keep it.”
Both Will and Chace looked at me as
if I had just turned down a shot at a five-point deer during hunting season. I
don’t know what I was thinking, but suddenly a fierce desire to protect the
creature inside came over me
No comments:
Post a Comment