Small Hope

All of us has had a pet that brought a type of magic into our lives like no other. Sometimes it almost felt like our new friend was from another world. In this case, Janice’s new adoptive guinea pig really is. Small Hope is the story of S’more; who escapes his destroyed home world and finds himself on Earth. When he is discovered by a family they see that he looks like a guinea pig, talks like a guinea and acts like a guinea pig, so they believe S'more is an abandon guinea pig looking to find a new home. However, S'more isn't a guinea pig, he is an alien with the ability to bring out hope in others no matter how small. When S’more arrives in his new home, he finds a family that has lost their hope due to the death of a family member. Over the course of the story S'more brings hope back to the family, especially for the daughter, Janice and must later face the hard choice of remaining with his new family or leaving his new home to help others like Janice who have lost hope.

Ryan Read is a writer, technology teacher and supporter of community reading. His first book, My Life as a Comic Book Reader was a graphic novel based on his life of reading and collecting comics. His second book, Small Hope is based off his years of adopting and owning guinea pigs growing up. Ryan lives in IL with his wife, Melissa, and son, Tyler.