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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