The Cage partial copy

Teens

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Synopsis

Four students - thrown together in a high school summer class. Tyrell tells of a dream he's been having, a girl needs help. Sam realizes she's getting the same information, from her own sketches! Where is this information coming from? What is the Blue Group to do about it? Ty, Tiff, Sammy and Lando navigate the complicated world of high school friendship and romance! The suspense builds as the clues unfold. Will they solve the mystery in time to help the girl caught in The Cage? Join us for this action packed, young adult mystery.

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Author Biography

Jacci lives with her husband in Nevada's high desert. They spend their mornings hiking through the sagebrush with their big yellow dog, Rocky. Jacci loves chocolate, babies, and coffee with friends. She's worn many hats in her lifetime: therapist, school counselor, campus minister, and mom. Her favorite hats are her writer and grandmother hats, which come in wild colors and don't fit too tightly. Jacci has written Bending Willow,about Riley and Mia, in search of a father who doesn't know they exist. It is the first book in The Finding Home Series. Bending Willow has been on Amazon's top 100 Middle Grade Action/Adventure list since it came out and represented Nevada at the National Book Festival in Washington D.C. In addition to sharing her stories about Riley and Mia, Jacci is the author of the Amazon best-selling young adult series, The Finding Home Series. Jacci has an active blog and has written articles for Middle Shelf Magazine and Conversations Journal. She loves connecting with readers so give her a buzz on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, Linkedin, Tumblr, or Instagram.

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Author Insight

Writing different ethnicities

I love to try to understand what it is like to be from other ethnic groups. In The Cage, there are four groups represented: African American, Korean American, Salvadorian American and Caucasian American. In order to write ethnicities that were not mine, I interviewed a lot of friends from each ethnic group. I'm sure I still messed up, but I did the best I could to represent them accurately and it really helped when they would give me feedback like, "The grandma would not say that," or "The family would not eat that." I love differences and think they are what makes life rich and meaningful.

Book Excerpt

The Cage partial copy

Tiffany had never thought much about being Korean before. She didn’t feel very Korean, or very American for that matter. She felt slightly out of place in both worlds.

What else can I say?

Continuing the best she could, “I like Korean food. I like to have my relatives around, though many of them don’t speak good English and my Korean is at elementary school level so… that’s kinda awkward. We go to this Korean Presbyterian Church and the services are in Korean so I mostly tune out.

“I guess I’m not a good Korean. I mean, I’m not like, you know, what the good Korean would look like, or act like I guess. I’m kinda loud and kinda sporty and not really the ideal Korean woman, if you know what I mean. Since I was little I was a tomboy and my parents aren’t happy about that. But I guess I like who I am. Weird thing, though, sometimes I forget I’m not white.”

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The Cage partial copy

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Writing different ethnicities

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