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When lightning strikes, lives are changed. BECCA On a sunny day in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, eight-year-old Becca Burke was struck by lightning. No one believed her - not her philandering father or her drunk, love-sick mother - not even when her watch kept losing time and a spooky halo of light appeared overhead in photographs. Becca was struck again when she was sixteen. She survived, but over time she would learn that outsmarting lightning was the least of her concerns. BUCKLEY In rural Arkansas, Buckley R. Pitank's world seemed plagued by disaster. Ashamed but protective of his obese mother, fearful of his scathing grandmother, and always running from bullies (including his pseudo-evangelical stepfather), he needed a miracle to set him free. At thirteen years old, Buckley witnessed a lightning strike that would change everything.
About the Author
Michele Young-Stone is the author of LOST IN THE BEEHIVE (2018) , ABOVE US ONLY SKY (2015) , and THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE SURVIVORS (2010) . Her prose have been described as magical and inventive. At age 30, Michele decided to quit teaching and write the book she'd been dreaming of writing since she was seven years old. So far, she's written three.
Michele currently resides in the Outer Banks with her husband, son, dog, and a bearded dragon named Harry Potter.
