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CAROLINE LEE
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Maxzyne and the Old Horse Theatre
Children's Books
Author Insight
"We'll Get You!"
When was the last time you felt white-hot rage? Maybe while driving on the interstate as someone ignores your blinker, instead speeding up as you try to exit the busy highway during rush hour? What about rage on behalf of someone else? Or, perhaps, even an animal? I felt it recently when a man riding a bicycle at a fairly fast pace, had his poor dog on a leash, forcing the sweaty, panting animal to keep up with his bike-riding master. As the man wheeled past on the sidewalk, he positively smirked, an expression of self-satisfaction at the ingenuity of exercising his pet in such an inhumane way. I wasn't fast enough to grab that leash on behalf of the dog, unfortunately. But I did imagine the human owner, fleeing a pack of angry dogs, each trailing broken leashes as their snapping jaws close in for that first bite.
Book Excerpt
Maxzyne and the Old Horse Theatre
The two angry carriage drivers jump back and wave their fists at him. “We’ll get you, kid! You can’t steal a horse and get away with it!” With a final, desperate lunge, one man gets close enough kick Caesar in the lower hindquarter.
Rico is furious as he struggles to control the horse. Maxzyne gasps, feeling the white-hot rage of the horse as he veers sideways to protect his flank from the attacker. Suddenly, Jerry jumps between the two angry men and the departing horse and rider. Streamers of balloons bounce and float, making it difficult for the men to pass. The carriage drivers swat and bat at the balloons, looking comical in their antique clothes. Around them, the gawking crowd cheers.
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