Nana's Magic
Tea Berries by
Marlys A. Rold
Chapbook for Tweens excerpt page
Author: Marlys Rold
Print ISBN 13: 978-1-933090-61-0, eBook ISBN 13:
978-1-933090-65-8
Eight year old Kimberly Hudson discovers a world where dreams come
true. While rummaging through her grandmother's attic she finds
a drawer full of small jars of different kinds of tea--some berries,
some leaves--but all are magical, although she doesn't realize this at
first.
It is only after drinking a mug of the berry tea that she
realizes the stunning truth. Invisible now, she scrutinizes the jar and
finally reads the tiny label on the bottom that explains the berries are
only for emergencies and those who believe in magic. Kimberly is a
believer.
Chapter 1 Page 1 excerpt
Eight year old
Kimberly Hudson turned over and opened her eyes, as the first fine
rays of dawn came creeping softly into her room from the window beside
her bed. A smile lifted the corners of her mouth. A sunny day was a
perfect day to explore. Another day filled with adventure. A day
that would suit her just fine, thank you very much, no matter what her
brothers thought.
It
was the family's second week at her mother's old family home. They came
to visit Kimberly's grandmother and explore the tiny town of Shelby on the
southern coast of California for the first time since she'd been born.
Yesterday, to her delight, Kimberly found treasure in the cluttered, dusty
attic. Once she talked her mother into letting her explore the rambling
upper section of the three-story house, she spent the day opening old
steamer trunks, trying on antique cloths from the early nineteen hundreds,
opening lacy parasols, and reading yellowed love letters. Sweet letters
her grandfather had sent her grandmother.
Kyle and Scotty, her younger brothers, were not interested in a bunch of
“dusty old junk”, so Kimberly had the attic all to herself, which proved
to be a very good thing indeed.
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