Don't Hold Your Breath

She's Not Little Miss Nicey-Nice Amelia Rae dresses in Goth, disrespects authority and takes no guff from anyone as she tries to find her family members, who may, or may not, have been murdered. This mouthy nine-year-old braves broken bones, hunger, bullying, deceitful friends, murder, the infidelities and betrayals of her calculating step mother, kidnappings and inept federal agents. This is a girl who flies across country by herself, gets flushed from an airplane with a parachute, may have accidentally killed her stepmother's demon lover, enters a mysterious portal that takes her through the spirit world back to the 1600s where she lives and talks with wolves before returning to a tragicomic wedding to face "certain doom" at the hands of the evil forces that have stalked her since the first page. And even as she confronts evil, this outspoken girl sprays her blunt opinions upon friend, foe and family alike, agonizing about her friendships and defending her deaf baby sister who has mastered sign language and plays classical piano. Pre-teen author Morgan Fields' Don't Hold Your Breath unveils the secret heroine in every New Girl. Uptight adults may be horrified; young adults will find this first novel compassionate and hilarious.