Odd Couple
Miriam Soumiyè
eBook
(Let's Write Publications, Oct. 21, 2013)
Can two strangers—a highly polished big city businessman and a rough but prettily-dressed woman—have the power to bring chaos to Qing’s village?Will two mothers’ instincts be enough to foil evil designs on the local children?Plucky twelve-year-olds Qing and Shui-ta, with the help of Qing’s little sister, Kai, stumble upon a devilish scheme to harm children of the two villages…and decide to take an active part in turning the tables on the perpetrators. In the process, they experience a narrow night escape on a rain-swept mountain trail, discover frightening lists of prices on their heads, and work with police from the city who have pursuing the dangerous and elusive criminals for years.There’s adventure enough here for the reader wanting to journey through exciting times with three kids in the remote foothills of the mountains in the far south-west of China. The story is fun, yet challenging, reading for those just progressing to chapter books. (About 17,000 words in length.)