Synopsis
Twelve-year-old April Clark is passionate about two things: woodworking and hunting, both skills learned from her beloved grandfather. But this year, GrandJack is recovering from a health problem and can’t join the trip to turkey camp. He tells her that a different sort of trip can still be great and gives her his prize box call to bring for luck. On the day of the hunt, April is determined to land the biggest, best tom she can. But her insistence on only getting the best turkey leads her to make a big mistake. Suddenly, the huge gobbler she’s bagged doesn’t seem quite so perfect. To make things right with GrandJack―and herself―April will have to figure out if different can still be good, and whether perfect really is best.
About the Author
Monica Roe grew up in a tiny farming town and spent most of her childhood holed up in a corner of the local library, where she was once almost locked in at closing time (she saw this as a huge win; the librarian disagreed). She could also be found performing poorly in gym class...or roaming the woods, dreaming up stories and pretending that gym class didn't exist. These days, Monica practices part-time as a remote-site, pediatric physical therapist for several villages in the Alaskan bush, which means she gets to travel on tiny planes over some of the most gorgeous terrain in the world. Even better, she also gets to work with some of the greatest kids in the world. When she's not working in the bush, Monica and her family spend most of the school year in Anchorage, where they live beside a huge, dark woods full of moose, bears, and endless stories. Summers belong to sunny South Carolina, where she and her family own a small apiary and offer local educational outreach on the importance of honeybees and other pollinators. These days, Monica still loves reading and dreaming up stories more than just about anything else--and sometimes actually does get to spend the night in libraries (strange, but true). Monica is repped by Jacqui Lipton.
Gregor Forster, studied scientific illustration at the Zurich University of Arts in Switzerland. After finishing his studies in 2015 he started illustrating fiction and nonfiction picture books, educational books, and advertisements. When illustrating children's books, Gregor loves to research new topics and learn about the world the story takes place in. He loves to entertain, educate, and amaze children as much as adults with his illustrations. When Gregor isn't drawing or painting, he might be freediving somewhere in cold Swiss lakes.
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