Celebrating Brave Girl Voices
Kimberly Behre Kenna, Children’s Book Author
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The Brave Girls Collection
Jett Jamison & the Secret Storm
“…exceptional preteen fiction…powerfully written and compellingly presented.”
-Midwest Book Review
“…amazing, uplifting, beautifully written…This book should be front and center in school and public libraries everywhere."
-David Edgar Cournoyer, PhD, Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Retired), UCONN School of Social Work
“More than 20 years ago, teenagers were given the gift of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak. Now, finally, pre-teens have this stunning and necessary book.”
–Ona Gritz, author of August or Forever
“...Jett is no frozen victim: she’s a fighter, a detective, and when it counts the most, a trailblazer...”
–JR Potter, award-winning teen mystery author of Thomas Creeper and the Gloomsbury Secret
Part of the proceeds will benefit the James Blackstone Memorial Library in Branford, Connecticut.
Jett Jamison and the Secret Storm is a Finalist for the 2024 Foreword INDIES award for Juvenile Fiction, won First Place in the 2023 Firebird Book Awards, in two categories: Juvenile Fiction and Pre-Teen Fiction, received a 5-star review from Readers’ Favorite.. and is a Finalist in the2023 Best Book Awards for Children’s Fiction.
Audiobook now available! Narrated by Candace Fitzgerald
Summary
All Jett Jamison wants is a little peace and quiet.
What could be worse than living in a tiny house in the tiny town of Wisteria with twin brothers who believe they’re superheroes? Answer: the voices in Jett’s head. They buzz with bits of a bad memory, and they’re getting louder every day. A friend recommends a book sure to unscramble her confusion, but it’s disappeared, and nobody wants to talk about it. Enraged, Jett and her friends rally up a team to fight the censorship, even enlisting her clever pet bunny, Felix, the ghosts of a few authors known for shaking things up, and one-eared Grey Cat. They plan a peaceful protest, but it backfires big time, and the town goes berserk. Now Jett realizes that peace isn’t always quiet, and she’ll need to heal herself before she can restore calm to Wisteria.
Artemis Sparke and the Sound Seekers Brigade
“Featuring a strong and compassionate character, Artemis Sparke and the Sound Seekers Brigade is an engaging story about friendship, protecting nature, and speaking up for what’s right even when it feels like no one will listen. Some helpful ghosts add layers of humor and mystery to this heartfelt novel.”
- Lynne Kelly, author of Song for a Whale
Artemis Sparke and the Sound Seekers Brigade received Honorable Mention in the 2019 Tassy Walden Awards for New Voices in Children’s Literature Competition, was named a finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards, and is on the shortlist for the Green Earth Book Award.
Summary
When Artemis Sparke has had it with humans, she heads to the nearby salt marsh to hang out with the birds, plants and mollusks who don’t make a big deal of her stutter. The shoreline sanctuary is predictable, unlike her family and friends, and the data in her science journal proves it. But one day that data goes haywire, and her bird friend RT confirms it: the salt marsh is dying. Artemis discovers that the historic hotel where she lives with her mom may be part of the problem, but speaking up would mean confronting the cranky hotel owner who happens to be her mom’s boyfriend and boss. Artemis conjures up help from deceased ecologists, and as she works to untangle their clues, she finds family secrets that could be the key to saving the salt marsh but also may destroy her life as she knows it. • Published by Regal House/Fitzroy Books on February 2, 2023.
Benefitting Save the Sound
Part of the proceeds of the book sales will be donated to Save the Sound.
