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Adventure stories that take a kid’s actual problems seriously

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The problem is real. The stakes are sized for the reader.

A viral dodgeball video and a Hate Engine feeding on it. A nine-year-old tiger who cannot stop answering before he’s decided to answer. A tool that worked, mostly, until forty kids had already built on top of the part that didn’t.

No talking down and no easy answers. The kid is the one who has to work it out, and the working out is the book.

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Jake and the Bullies

Jake and the Bullies

One dodgeball video, and an engine that runs on what happens next

Jake never wanted to be internet famous, and definitely not for taking a dodgeball to the…

The Wild Tiger and the Answer Bot

The Wild Tiger and the Answer Bot

Slow down describes a direction. It doesn’t give you a mechanism.

Blaze knows a lot. What she cannot do is stop herself from saying it out loud.

The Wrong Answer

The Wrong Answer

The tool worked, mostly, and forty kids had already built on the part that didn’t

She stands up in front of the class and says: I was wrong about this specific thing in this specific…

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Richard Lowe is a professional ghostwriter and author with 113+ books authored and 54+ ghostwritten. Before writing full time he spent 33 years in enterprise technology, including 20 years as Director of Computer Operations and Technical Services at Trader Joe's. He writes nonfiction, fiction and memoir, and works with executives and experts on books that build authority.

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