Lois Peterson
Author ~ Creative Writing Instructor ~ Storyteller

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Home on the Range

is more than just the name of a song

Released April 1, 2010

Orca Book Publishers ISBN 9781554692033
 

"My name is not Kevin Mason any more,” he yells. He grabs the door handle and tugs at it. But it is one of those cars that can lock a person in, like in a prison, when all they want to do is take off on their horse across the open plains until the night falls and it’s time to make camp under the glittery stars."

Buy your copy
Orca Book Publishers / Vancouver Kidsbooks

Also available from your independent bookstore

or Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk

10% of author royalties from the sales of this book support children's programs and services at Alexandra Neighborhood House, Surrey, BC.

When Kevin Mason finds himself stuck in a foster home with a pierced and tattooed teenager named Ice and a mute girl named Breezy, he takes refuge in his fantasy of becoming Knuckles McGraw, a tough cowboy roaming the plains on his legendary horse, Burlington Northern.

       But not even the fastest horse in the world can stop Kevin from wondering will happen to him if his mother doesn’t come back.

Read the first chapter here.

Read the NOW Newspaper article here.
 

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Reviews:
S Readers will certainly be drawn to the plucky, appealing grade-schooler and the terrible plight he so bravely faces.
Booklist June 2010

S   Peterson’s character-driven narrative is light while being enlightening. Although Peterson is tackling heavy subjects, like parental abandonment, she does so from a child’s honest, naive perspective. Highly Recommended.
Canadian Materials (CM). Read the full review here

S    Lois Peterson writes another near-perfect story.
Elizabeth Lyon, editor, author of seven writing books
Read the full review here

Buy your copy
Orca Book Publishers  / Vancouver Kidsbooks
Also available from your independent bookstore

or Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk,

Also available as a Tumblereadable book

through many public library websites.

10% of author royalties from the sales of this book go

to Surrey Public Library's Legacy Fund

Coming Soon

Orca Book Publishers
Fall 2010

Abandoned by her father during the Depression, eleven-year-old Elsie lives in the garage behind her old house with her mother, grandmother and out-of-work uncle. Elsie’s friend Ernest accompanies her as she searches for her father in the city, encountering unfriendly hoboes, food lines and shanty towns.
    After both her uncle and her mother disappear as well, Elsie and Ernest spend their time trying to get the “scoop” on a story about a local dance marathon, where Elsie finds joy, even as she witnesses despair.
           

The hoboes took one step toward her.

   As Elsie took another step back, her foot caught on a chunk of stone. She felt her ankle twist as she stumbled to catch her balance.

   The men stepped forward again. Bigger steps this time.

Elsie could smell smoke and sweat and a stink like rotten potatoes. In a sliver of light between the hoboes, she saw Dog Bob being hauled away. But she felt frozen in place, with a chill creeping down her legs and up into her collar. The Reverend had been right. She shouldn’t have come.

10% of author royalties from this book will be donated to the
South Fraser Women's Services Society

Spending the summer at her grandfather's lakeside house, Tansy makes new friends, uncovers the mystery of a 'Disappearing Boy', entertains an unexpected visitor, and faces her fear of the water with the help of the one person she most needs to reconnect with.

This novel for young readers is the sequel to MEETING MISS 405.

Copies of this limited edition of 25 print books are offered as draw prizes during book launches, school visits, library readings, etc. when I am out and about promoting my other books.
    Two copies will also be awarded as contest prizes. Kids aged 6 to 12 can check here to find out how enter to win a copy, and to see which school libraries now have a copy.

A E-book version A Star in the Water
will be available for purchase in late spring 2010 -
with all revenues going to Libraries Across Borders.

Metta Publications  ISBN 0-9780884-0-9
Available through the publisher
or request it from your local
independent bookstore

P More than 114 exercises
P How-to articles
P Writing and marketing tips
P Resources
P Writer’s lexicon
Used by writing teachers, writing groups, individual writers, high school students...

A sample of reviews

• 'Using 101 Writing Exercises is like going to hundreds of workshops without leaving home.' 
  Ruth Stewart, student

• 'Something for everyone, at every level, to work their way our of a bind, or to jump-start the creative process' Loranne Brown, Faculty member of a University College, on whose class book list this title appears.8

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