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MG 12 year old Ocean joins a secret squad of investigators to find out who’s stealing trees from the rainforest.

December 11, 2018 No Comments

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MG 12 year old Ocean joins a secret squad of investigators to find out who’s stealing trees from the rainforest.
Hello! My name is
Lisa
Middle Grade
Action/Adventure Adventure Contemporary Right Now
Last Modified: Apr 18, 2020 @ 7:36 pm
About Me

I write mostly middle grade. Currently revising an adventure novel.

Hobbies: reading, journaling

Love to Read

Contemporary YA and MG. Love spooky stories with elements of magical realism. Wouldn’t mind space opera and time travel. Some fantasy. Diverse characters and worlds are a bonus.

Hard No's

No paranormal. No derogatory stereotypes. No excessive violence.

Experience
I've written a lot, I'm actively seeking an agent
Critique Styles
Accountability Partner
Blunt Truth
Editorial Letter
Sandwich Critique
Track Changes in Document
Whole MS Reads
Critique Strengths
Big Picture
Characters
Description
Dialogue
Pacing
Plot
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Time Commitment
Monthly, Intermittant (ie. when you have something to share)
Life Stages
Work Full-Time, Parent (Young Kids)
Preferred Contact Style
Email
Approximate Location
New York
Around the Web
http://Lisaspringer.com
About the Work In Progress
Details About/Query First Page Other Projects
Working Title
Code Green Society
Age Category
Middle Grade
Genres
Action/Adventure, Adventure, Contemporary, Right Now
Type of Project
Novel/Novella
Seeking Critique Styles & Strengths
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Blunt Truth
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Sandwich Critique
Track Changes in Document
Whole MS Reads
Big Picture
Characters
Description
Dialogue
Interiority
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Plot
Worldbuilding
About the WIP (Query)

Twelve year-old computer geek, Ocean Bennett, joins a secret squad of environmental investigators. Their mission at Dinks Academy for Gifted Children: find out who’s stealing trees from their surrounding rainforest. When the thieves target the mahogany forest on the school campus, it’s a race against the clock as they try to save the trees and bring the thieves to justice.

First Page

Trident Island was shaped more like a mangled fork than a trident and sprawled a hundred miles across the Caribbean Sea. Tropical rainforest covered the entire middle prong of the trident, where giant mahogany trees dwarfed everything below, brushing the clouds with their leathery leaves.

A winding road through the dense underbrush led to Dinks Academy for Gifted Children, where geniuses thrived among prowling jaguars and assassin bugs, and the threat of dengue fever loomed in the background. From the wooden verandah of the Headmaster’s office, Ocean Bennett watched his dad’s car barrel through the exit, beginning the four-hour drive home. He felt like he had just landed in outer space. He snapped one of the rubber bands he wore against his wrist. This was really happening. Snap. Boarding school. Snap. Surrounded by a bunch of brainiacs who would sniff him out before he could solve a basic quadratic equation. Ocean drew a shaky breath. He might be good with computers but he wasn’t a genius. Geniuses didn’t rap verses to their own armpit farts. It was either Dinks Academy or Jericho Towers, an overcrowded juvenile detention center in the heart of the city. He took in the emerald green landscape around him, and pushed the alternative into the smallest corner of his mind.

 

Other Projects

Currently outlining a MG magical realism story based on Caribbean folklore.

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