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With the discovery of her birth father, 12-year-old River has definite thoughts about how her life should turn out - and that certainly does not include any of the challenges that keep popping up! It's not easy to decide if she should live with Gram, who has been her family for the past ten years, or with her father, who she's over-the-moon to have just met but knows little about. And when River is diagnosed with a condition that could impact her hopes and dreams and future, she feels overwhelmed and bewildered. That's when River asks God for help and decides to trust him with her dreams. As this tender-sweet story unfolds, River learns to persevere and stay hopeful that soon she will be part of a real family. Yes, her dream does come true...but not in the way she had planned!.
About the Author
Wendy is an award-winning children's author, registered therapist for children with special needs, and blessed Mamma of two amazing grown-up kids!
She is the author of two middle-grade novels: My Name is River, and its sequel, Hope Girl. She also has a series of early-readers, The Tales of Buttercup Grove, soon to be released. And with Reagandoodle and Little Buddy: The True Story of a Labradoodle and His Toddler Best Friend, Wendy writes as the voice of Reagandoodle.
Wendy's Artist Statement:
"Life isn't a fairytale, but rather a mix of inconceivable highs and grievous lows, with every other piece of life, both beautiful and ugly, stuffed in-between. I believe books for young people need true-to-life characters - those who face adversity with strength and show the reader how to live. Stories of unexpected change, of perseverance, of hope, stories of relationships, life, death, forgiveness . . . these are the stories I write." -W. Dunham
Please stop by her website at https://www.wendydunham.net
