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Modules #3
Intelligent Design
“How many years had I hated my father because I thought he had betrayed us, betrayed me? His paranoia, words, and teachings all a symptom of his mental illness; a mental illness he never had. They had controlled my suspicions the same way, by using the fear that I would wind up like my father if I didn’t keep it contained, hidden, buried deep inside me - the truth. The truth I had always known.
My Dad may not have been able to save himself. He may not have been able to save Marathon, NY, or all the areas the parents that attended Kadrin’s ceremony had come from, but he was going to save all the rest of the lives, and he saved mine. My heart had been dead for so long. Now it was alive and beating strong. Cat! His legacy, to finish what he’d begun!
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I turned the computer off, then backtracked through the woods. I tossed the computer into the Fountain. Sighing, I threw my phone in after the computer and returned to the Hole to come up with a name for my new baby brother. A child without a birth certificate or a social security number. A child that, to the government, didn’t exist. What they didn’t know could hurt them. I’d make sure of it.”
My Dad may not have been able to save himself. He may not have been able to save Marathon, NY, or all the areas the parents that attended Kadrin’s ceremony had come from, but he was going to save all the rest of the lives, and he saved mine. My heart had been dead for so long. Now it was alive and beating strong. Cat! His legacy, to finish what he’d begun!
Published successfully, it read.
I turned the computer off, then backtracked through the woods. I tossed the computer into the Fountain. Sighing, I threw my phone in after the computer and returned to the Hole to come up with a name for my new baby brother. A child without a birth certificate or a social security number. A child that, to the government, didn’t exist. What they didn’t know could hurt them. I’d make sure of it.”
230 pages, Paperback
First published August 18, 2015
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About the author
Almondie Shampine
12 books22 followersAlmondie Shampine lives in New York with her two children and their animals. She’s a proud author of 10 books and approximately 40 short stories, poems, and articles.
Almondie Shampine enjoys writing for kids, young adults, and adults. Her most popularly known young adult series is The Modules series featuring the brilliant, yet unruly, Catina Salsbury (The Reform, The Modules, Intelligent Design, Conspiracy Design).The Schoolhouse Kids is for ages 10 & up.
Her recent adult thrillers are Glimp$es and Blind Fate. Otherland is scheduled to be released in April 2016.
When Almondie is not writing, she is enjoying her children with popcorn wars, random dancing, family fun, and is well known for running around in parking lots in the pouring rain while screaming for ‘TwoFlix’, their car. Check out www.AlmondieShampine.com for contests and first access to new releases & promotions.
Almondie Shampine enjoys writing for kids, young adults, and adults. Her most popularly known young adult series is The Modules series featuring the brilliant, yet unruly, Catina Salsbury (The Reform, The Modules, Intelligent Design, Conspiracy Design).The Schoolhouse Kids is for ages 10 & up.
Her recent adult thrillers are Glimp$es and Blind Fate. Otherland is scheduled to be released in April 2016.
When Almondie is not writing, she is enjoying her children with popcorn wars, random dancing, family fun, and is well known for running around in parking lots in the pouring rain while screaming for ‘TwoFlix’, their car. Check out www.AlmondieShampine.com for contests and first access to new releases & promotions.
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November 10, 2015
INTELLIGENT DESIGN is a fantastic addition to the Modules Book series, bringing fruition to all the characters and leaving you wanting more. Intelligent prose, assembled into succinct chapters, drive a story-line that often had me saying to myself, 'I didn't-see-that-coming.' The dystopian world described in the book is one of the most unique I've encountered in literature. It is original and thought provoking.
Almondie Shampine's elegant writing style has a poetic quality to it. It takes you in deeply and holds you there, and when you're finally released, you feel as though you have been changed. As a reader, it's what I want from a book—to be so moved and changed.
Although this is third in a series, I would say it is a stand-alone novel. One of the better YA Dystopian books I've read in recent years.
Almondie Shampine's elegant writing style has a poetic quality to it. It takes you in deeply and holds you there, and when you're finally released, you feel as though you have been changed. As a reader, it's what I want from a book—to be so moved and changed.
Although this is third in a series, I would say it is a stand-alone novel. One of the better YA Dystopian books I've read in recent years.
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