About this item
From critically acclaimed author Paul Mosier, a Publishers Weekly Flying Start, comes a stunning story about the beauty of family, the power of community, and ultimately the strength of the human spirit.Twelve-year-old El has planned on making her first week at a new school fantastic. She won't go by her given name, Laughter. She'll sit in the back of the classroom where she can make new friends. She won't even have time to think about all the fun her old friends are having without her. Everything will be great.But when her dad picks her up after school and tells her that her younger sister, Echo, has a life-threatening illness, her world is suddenly turned upside down. And with her parents now pressed for time and money, El feels lost and powerless.
About the Author
Paul Mosier quit drinking at age twenty-five, because he did not have the resolve to see his alcoholism through to its logical conclusion. He quit writing at age thirty-two because he didn't have the strength of character to return to alcoholism. He then spent a period of years being paid to paint pictures as a so-called artist. He never could care for brushes properly, so he founded a green investing company and somehow got married and fathered two adorable daughters. He began writing again in 2011 and has completed three novels to date: Breakfast At Tuli's, the equally absurd Genre, and the all-ages show Story Girl. He claims he writes only what the muse asks him to write, which sounds like a bit of a cop-out. He confesses to using conjunctions to begin sentences just to piss off other writers he is friendly with, and uses passive language in a manner that could be seen as passive-aggressive. The handwriting analysis machine at the Arizona State Fair called him "easily aroused." Make of that what you wish.
