It’s PURE TRASH (Historical Fiction/short story) by Bette A. Stevens—a “Compelling Prequel” to the novel DOG BONE SOUP and the eBook version is #FREE at YOUR AMAZON http://bit.ly/1BMrqbL from May 19th through May 23rd.
Review blurbs
“Amazing prose!” ~ JC
“A powerful short story” ~ Nicholas C. Rossis
“A Window into a Baby Boomer’s Saturday” ~ Kristina Steiner
Book Summary
The year is 1955. Remember the Good Old Days? You know, the 1950s and ‘60s, when America was flying high. The All American Family lived a life filled with hopes and dreams and life’s necessities too. Shawn Daniels isn’t your typical American Boomer Boy. No, Shawn is a poor boy. He can’t join Boy Scouts or sports teams. There’s not even enough money for necessities. Besides, Shawn doesn’t have time for that. But when chores are done, there’s always fishing! In this short story, Shawn and Willie Daniels are off on a Saturday adventure in search of trash to turn into treasure. It’s going to be a great day. Shawn is sure of it. No school and no bullies to remind him that he’s not one of the crowd. This is a story about bullies and what it’s like to be bullied (and not just by kids). It may redefine your definition of bullying. If you were a child who was thought of as “different” in some way, you know what bullying is about: torment, persecution, intimidation, to name a few of its synonyms. For Shawn and Willie, their difference was defined by the social status of their dysfunctional family and the alcoholism and abject poverty in which they grew up.
PURE TRASH is the must-read prequel to the author’s novel DOG BONE SOUP, A Boomer’s (coming-of-age) story. Download PURE TRASH for #FREE today (May 19-23) http://bit.ly/1BMrqbL
About the author
Inspired by nature and human nature, author Bette A. Stevens is a retired elementary and middle school teacher, a wife, mother of two and grandmother of five. Stevens lives in Central Maine with her husband on their 37-acre farmstead where she enjoys reading, writing, gardening, walking and reveling in the beauty of nature. She advocates for children and families, for childhood literacy and for the conservation of monarch butterflies—an endangered species (and for milkweed, the only plant that monarch caterpillars will eat).
Stevens is the author of AMAZING MATILDA, an award-winning picture book; The Tangram Zoo and Word Puzzles Too!, a home/school resource incorporating hands-on math and writing; and PURE TRASH, the short story prequel to her début novel, DOG BONE SOUP, a Boomer’s coming of age story.
My son, Matt, reading to my four grandchildren. 
**Photo by Mandy Disher; text added by Natalie
**Images via Pinterest; collage by Natalie
Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author 
Written
on 07/31/2016