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First Chapters: Yard Boss as Carlie Simonsen

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Here is a free preview of the first chapter in Yard Boss . Enjoy.   Yardboss is the first book in the Schoolyard Adventures series, which is set in the school grounds of multiple people, places and times. In Yard Boss , a new kid arrives at a boarding school and is targeted by bullies. Robert just wants to get on with getting on. He's at a new school and he's trying to find his feet. Allan knows he needs to put the new kid down hard, but which one? How about the big one that returns his gaze? His sidekick, Tom, doesn't think that's such a good idea, but since when did Allan listen to Tom, anyway? Yard Boss is available from Smashwords, Amazon-Kindle, Kobo, Nook, DriveThruFiction and iTunes.   First Chapter: Yard Boss Pick a Kid, Any Kid “Are you kidding?” Allan turned to his friend, his eyes wide. “You think we should trust them?” “I didn’t say that,” Tom replied. “I only said we shouldn’t pick on them… yet.” Allan lifted his eyebrows in a...

New Cover for Carlie Simonsen - Yard Boss

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And here is my latest cover from C.M. Simpson Publishing. This is for Carlie's soon-to-be-released chapter book: Yard Boss . Yard Boss is the first book in the Schoolyard Adventures series, which is set in the school grounds of multiple people, places and times. In Yard Boss, a new kid arrives at a boarding school and is targeted by bullies. Robert just wants to get on with getting on. He's at a new school and he's trying to find his feet. Allan knows he needs to put the new kid down hard, but which one? How about the big one that returns his gaze? His sidekick, Tom, doesn't think that's such a good idea, but since when did Allan listen to Tom, anyway? Yard Boss will soon be available from Smashwords, Amazon-Kindle, Kobo, Nook, DriveThruFiction and iTunes.

First Chapters: Dear Tiger as Carlie Simonsen

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Carlie Simonsen's Dear Tiger is a young adult science fiction story told in a series of letters written by Simone Michaels. Simone’s parents are exploring another planet and she’s stuck in boarding school when things go terribly wrong.  “Dear Tiger, this has been the best day ever… but I lie.” Simone Michaels is in trouble, but she doesn’t know how deep. Her letters to old friend, Tiger, reveal that her parents are missing, and that she is afraid she’ll go missing, too. When her parents’ employer takes her in, and takes care of her education and living arrangements, she is drawn more deeply into the mystery. Simone keeps her secrets as best she can, including the secret of the mysterious box her parents sent before they disappear, but she is just as afraid of opening it, as she is of the company discovering its existence. Does it contain the only clue to what really happened to her parents, or does it contain her doom? Dear Tiger is the first book in the L...