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Everyone had high expectations for Hudson Wheeler. His fourth grade teacher even wrote to his parents that Hudson was "going places." But everything went downhill after his father died on the battlefield of Iraq one year later. Now facing his senior year of high school without his two best friends by his side and with his teachers letter still haunting him, Hudson seizes homeschooling as an opportunity to retreat from the world.What happens during this year will prove to be anything but a retreat, as Hudson experiences love and rejection for the first time; meets the Amazonian-looking girl who shows him by example what it means to be a man; and solves the painful mystery of the "girl in the window" - an apparition seen only by the WWII vet whose poignant plight forces Hudson out of the comfort zone of boyhood.Going Places is a peek into what male adolescence looks like today for those who dont follow traditional paths as they strive to find themselves.
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Kathryn Berla enjoys writing in a variety of genres including light fantasy, contemporary literary fiction, and even horror. She writes for all ages: children, middle grade, young adult, and adult. She's the author of the young adult novels: BEAU & BETT; GOING PLACES, which received VOYA Magazine's Perfect Ten rating for 2018; THE HOUSE AT 758; 12 HOURS IN PARADISE; and DREAM ME.A JOURNEY OF ORDINARY PROPORTIONS is her middle grade novel for children and adults.THE KITTY COMMITTEE is her first novel written strictly for adult readers. Kathryn grew up in India, Syria, Europe, and Africa. The love of experiencing new cultures runs deep and she gives into it whenever she can. Her goal is to visit every continent with the exception of Antarctica, so she still has two to go. She has been an avid movie buff since childhood and often sees the movie in her head before she writes the book.Kathryn graduated from the University of California in Berkeley with a degree in English. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.You can follow her on Twitter @BerlaKathryn Instagram @AuthorKathrynB and Facebook @KathrynBerlaBooks and www.KathrynBerlaBooks.com
