Maddy M Dunsmore

Athena's Untold Story Maddy M Dunsmore

In a 2014 Young Author's competition at her school, Maddy M. Dunsmore submitted her first book, a 121 page novella she hadn't imagined at the time that anyone would ever see. Five years of novels and now foraying into the realm of self-publishing, the book that started it all finally finds its place in the spotlight: Athena's Untold Story, the story and writing entirely authentic to the original novella written in 8th grade. The titlepage and size is new, but upon the insistence of those that read and enjoyed the original, none of the writing itself has changed: In the dark of the night, a young dog flees her home, kicking off the events that would come to change her life forever. The book follows young German Shepherd Athena in her journey, a first person retelling of a once missing year of her life. Her escape leads her to a new city with familiar dangers, to a pack of street dogs housed in an abandoned building she will come to know in her time there. Plagued just as she was by junkyard dogs, her story with the pack is one of adventure and plight, filled with tales of war and sickness, junkyard dogs, regrets, and the consequences of her own mistakes. Join her as she recounts her tale: Athena's Untold Story!