Mike L Hopper

The Wayward Gifted: Broken Point Mike L Hopper Large Print edition

Because we each have to find our own way...The Wayward Gifted: Broken PointA coming of age story loaded with angst & adventureFor adolescents through adultsAdopted at birth, Samantha Leigh and Steuart James DuBoise reside in a complex world of southern love and crazy dysfunction. They snack on cold buttered biscuits and drink sweet iced-tea as they create stories and share fantasies on the sleeping porch of their grandmother Ida Light's bay-front home. Their world is abruptly altered when Olivia DuBoise, their rigid, emotionally disturbed mother decides to move the family more than a thousand miles from the only home they have ever known. The children, not only angry, but also certain that life has prematurely ended, fight against a world they believe to be both humdrum and routine. Both highly intelligent, and uniquely talented, Sam and Steuart struggle to mature while holding fast to childhood. Each carries unique interests and talents into the fight. Steuart has a deep love of words and a hobby of creating anagrams. Sam has an obsessional need to collect colors, and will go to great lengths to increase her collection. Encouraged by Ida, and several new friends, Sam and Steuart set out to make the best of their situation, soon discovering worlds unknown in this coming of age, young adult fiction, fantasy adventure.  Available in e-reader, soft cover, and large print.