SMACK DAB NEWS
Darlene Beck Jacobson is thrilled to announce the sale of her second middle grade historical with CRESTON BOOKS. Tentatively titled FISH WISH, it is a story in free verse set in 1963. Here's the jacket blurb:
Eleven year old Jack misses his Dad who is MIA in
Vietnam. It’s been months since he and his family had word of his whereabouts.
The last thing Jack wants to do is spend summer with his grandparents. Mom
believes it will be good for them all – Jack, his sister Katy, Mom, Gran and
Pops – to be together while they wait for word about Dad. Keeping busy will
keep them out of trouble and help them think of other things.
Jack expects the worst summer of his life. The first
summer without. Without Dad, without friends, without his room and all the
things that remind him of Dad. When Jack meets a girl named Jill - a girl with
a brother who makes trouble for both of them – things they believe are turned
upside down. Welcome to a summer of fishing, camping, bullies, and a fish who
grants wishes. A fish that could be the answer to Jack’s problem. But when Jill
makes wishes of her own, things don’t turn out the way they expected. Every wish has a consequence.
Will the fish grant Jack’s biggest wish? Will Jack be brave enough to ask?
Congratulations, Darlene! This sounds interesting!
ReplyDeleteThanks Janet.
ReplyDeleteLove this book.
ReplyDeleteThanks for helping me "give birth" to it! xo
DeleteWOW DARLENE!!!!! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary!
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