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A Float Down the Canal
Twelve-year old Pam Simpson gets dumped on when her mother is called into work. She has to babysit her brother and his friend, and entertain her prissy cousin, Candy, whom she doesn't even like. They are going to the public pool and floating down the canal to get there, much to Candy's frantic dismay. Pam's day goes from horrible to the best day of her life, thanks to A Float Down the Canal.
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First published March 1, 2012
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Penny Estelle
28 books40 followersMy name is Penny Estelle and I was an elementary school secretary for 21 years. I heard every excuse and story in the book when kids were sent to the principal. I promised myself when I retired I would write stories about kids that got under my skin – in a good way.
I am retired with my wonderful husband and we live on a fifty-four acre ranch in NW Arizona. Finding out it would cost over $100,000 to bring in electricity we decided to go green. We live on solar and wind. I am the “greenest” person and I know, even if I don’t want to be!
My book Hike Up Devil's Mountain is a MG/tweens fantasy. We need to get our kids reading again and hopefully this adventure will help do just that! It's now also out in print and audio!
I have three other MG/tween stories out. Billy Cooper's Awesome Nightmare - Book 1 of the The Wickware Sagas and just released is A Ride of a Lifetime, Book 2 of the Wickware Sagas. A Float Down the Canal is a story for any young lady in your life. A feel good story about the girl who is always just one of the gang.
I have also written a YA/adult story titled At What Price?, and a non fiction story about my life on solar. It's titled, Solar - One Family's Reality. Please stop by my website @ www.pennystales.com and get a taste of all my stories. I would love it if you left a comment!
Find me @ www.pennystales.com
pennyestelle.blogspot.com
twitter: @pennystales
I am retired with my wonderful husband and we live on a fifty-four acre ranch in NW Arizona. Finding out it would cost over $100,000 to bring in electricity we decided to go green. We live on solar and wind. I am the “greenest” person and I know, even if I don’t want to be!
My book Hike Up Devil's Mountain is a MG/tweens fantasy. We need to get our kids reading again and hopefully this adventure will help do just that! It's now also out in print and audio!
I have three other MG/tween stories out. Billy Cooper's Awesome Nightmare - Book 1 of the The Wickware Sagas and just released is A Ride of a Lifetime, Book 2 of the Wickware Sagas. A Float Down the Canal is a story for any young lady in your life. A feel good story about the girl who is always just one of the gang.
I have also written a YA/adult story titled At What Price?, and a non fiction story about my life on solar. It's titled, Solar - One Family's Reality. Please stop by my website @ www.pennystales.com and get a taste of all my stories. I would love it if you left a comment!
Find me @ www.pennystales.com
pennyestelle.blogspot.com
twitter: @pennystales
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May 12, 2015
I received this book from a competition win and knew nothing about it before I opened page 1, I try not to be influenced by other reviews and like to dive right into a book.
From the title I guessed it might be a murder mystery, but I was completely wrong. The setting is Phoenix Arizona 1967. Pam Simpson is an angry 12 year old. It's the summer vacation and she's been asked to stay at home and mind her younger brother, when she'd rather be down the Mall with her friends. To make matters worse it's been arranged that her annoying cousin, Candy is being dropped off "to play" too.
They plan to go to the local pool, it's a long walk which can be shortened by a quick float down the canal on tyre inner-tubes. I thought this was a great initiative of the kids and delighted in Candy's disgust at the debris and colour of the canal.
I'll not divulge any more just to say I was settling down to a good read when all of a sudden the book ended. What? I wanted to yell, where's the rest? My only hope is that this could be one day turned into a novelette. Just 14 pages wasn't long enough for me.
From the title I guessed it might be a murder mystery, but I was completely wrong. The setting is Phoenix Arizona 1967. Pam Simpson is an angry 12 year old. It's the summer vacation and she's been asked to stay at home and mind her younger brother, when she'd rather be down the Mall with her friends. To make matters worse it's been arranged that her annoying cousin, Candy is being dropped off "to play" too.
They plan to go to the local pool, it's a long walk which can be shortened by a quick float down the canal on tyre inner-tubes. I thought this was a great initiative of the kids and delighted in Candy's disgust at the debris and colour of the canal.
I'll not divulge any more just to say I was settling down to a good read when all of a sudden the book ended. What? I wanted to yell, where's the rest? My only hope is that this could be one day turned into a novelette. Just 14 pages wasn't long enough for me.
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