Elsbeth and Sim: Tales from the Emerald Mountains - Softcover

Devane, Rhett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 061588802X ISBN 13: 9780615888026

Publisher: Writers4Higher, 2013

Synopsis

When Elizabeth first meets Simon at Westside House, he is angry and scared. She’s ten and he’s eleven, and like her, Simon is a war orphan. As the revolution tears through New Haven City, the two flee toward the mountains with meager food and a hand-drawn map to an old cabin. Dodging soldiers and gunfire, Elizabeth and Simon make the long, dangerous trek to reach the Emerald Mountains. The first night in the cabin, the hearth bursts into flames and they barely escape. Roused by the fire, a scruffy dwarf pops from a nearby tree hollow. He introduces himself as Taproot, then, after much complaining, decides to help them secure basic food and shelter. He renames them Elsbeth and Sim. Under the mountain man’s care, Elsbeth and Sim learn about nature and survival. Taproot shows them how to gather wildwood honey and takes them to a nearby landfill where he teaches the fine art of “dump-diving”. They meet Benjamin Pensworthy, an owl that has long been Taproot’s ally. After an angry mother bear threatens to maul Elsbeth, Taproot issues an ultimatum. If Elsbeth and Sim wish to remain in the Emerald Mountains permanently, they must change. The hard winter looms, and the old magician fears for their welfare. Taproot uses his powers to shrink them to a size much easier to feed and hide. When they learn of the invading government’s plans to destroy the valley to build a military base, Elsbeth and Sim choose to remain with Taproot and Benjamin to protect their new home. "Elsbeth and Sim" follows two children on a classic hero’s journey with a twist—one that will forever change their lives.

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About the Author

Rhett DeVane is a true Southerner, born and raised in the Florida panhandle. For the past thirty-plus years, Rhett has made her home in Tallahassee, located in Florida's Big Bend area, where she splits her workdays between her two professions: dental hygienist and novelist. Rhett is the author of four published mainstream humorous adult fiction novels set in her hometown of Chattahoochee, Florida, a place with "two stoplights and a mental institution on the main drag": The Madhatter's Guide to Chocolate, Up the Devil's Belly, Mama's Comfort Food, and Cathead Crazy. She is coauthor of two novels: Evenings on Dark Island with Larry Rock and Accidental Ambition with Robert W. McKnight. The Tales from the Emerald Mountains series is her first middle grade fiction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Writers4Higher
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 061588802X
• ISBN 13: 9780615888026
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144