Annie Clark And The Pearls Of Wisdom (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781434861030)

Laura Browne is the author of two non-fiction books, "Why Can't You Communicate Like Me? How Smart Women Get Results At Work" and "Raise Rules for Women: How To Make More Money At Work". For more information go to www.lauracbrowne.com. Annie Clark and The Pearls of Wisdom was chosen as a semi-finalist in the 2008 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition. The book is for girls 8 - 13 and their mothers, aunts, and grandmothers. Here's what one reader said: "When I first started reading the story, it was with the opinion that I was trying to see if it would make a good gift for pre-teen girl relatives. I was therefore, surprised to find myself quite caught up in it... Laura Browne throws in puns and play-on-words enough to give the older reader a chuckle, as well as weaving the story to interest her actual target audience." You can read first page of the book here: Chapter 1 - The Flying W Ranch Cousin Shelby quickly strapped the training saddle on her neighfly, Tornado, as he stamped his feet and tossed his mane impatiently. He had a white patch between his wild eyes and the rest of him was inky black. Some of the other neighflies in the hayviary looked much calmer, and I timidly mentioned that to Shelby. She brushed her short-cropped black hair out of her eyes with the back of her hand and said, "Do you want to ride or not?" "Sure, it's just that..." "Well, Tornado's my neighfly. Some of those others are so slow, you might as well walk." I silently thought that would be just fine with me, but I didn't say anything. Tornado's training saddle had two small seats. Shelby hopped onto the front seat in a quick fluid motion, slipping her feet neatly into the stirrups. "Let's go," she barked at me as I awkwardly tried to copy her movements and settle into the second seat. As I strapped myself in, Shelby nudged the neighfly with her heels, and he started to trot and unfurl his massive wings. My fingers clutched the saddle horn in front of me as though they were glued to it. My eyes were tightly shut and I wondered if riding Tornado was a good idea. I'd never ridden a neighfly before. I hadn't even believed in them until that morning. Go to www.lauracbrowne.com to get the first 4 chapters of Annie Clark and the Pearls of Wisdom sent to you.