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When he was seven, Charlie Porter never intended to become the worlds youngest published author. He just wanted his father to stop crying. So he told him a story about a talking beetlea dumb little story his mother made up to make him feel better. That was before she left and feeling better became impossible. But Charlies story not only made his father stop crying. It made him start planning. The story became a book, and then it became school events and book festivals, and a beetle costume, and a catchphraseI was born to write!Because of the story, Charlie stayed seven until he was ten. And then it all ended. Or it should have. Now Charlie is eighteen, and the beetles still haunt his dreams. The childhood he never really had is about to end . . . but theres still a chance to have a story of his own.
About the Author
Margaret Willey grew up in a lakeside town in Michigan, the eldest daughter in a family of eleven children. Reading stories and poems to her younger brothers and sisters led her to a life of writing stories and poems for young readers. She is the author of many young adult novels, most recently BEETLE BOY (Carolrhoda Lab, 2014) as well as FOUR SECRETS (Carolrhoda Lab 2012) . She has also written picture books with an emphasis on folktales. She is the author of the CLEVER BEATRICE series, as well as THE 3 BEARS AND GOLDILOCKS (Atheneum 2008) . She has received many honors for her books, including The Charlotte Zolotow Award and the Anne Izard Storytellers Choice Award. In 2010 she was given the GWEN FROSTIC AWARD from the Michigan Reading Association, an award for impacting literacy in her state. She continues to write for both teens and younger readers. Her novel BEETLE BOY was a 2014 IndieFab Finalist and an Honor Book in the category of Children's Fiction from the Society of Midland Authors. Find out more about Margaret at www.margaretwilley.com
