Cheshire and the Magic Squares

By Cathey Newhouse

Cheshire doesn't think himself very bright because of dust in his head fluff and stuff. Jay is now 11-years-old so Jay's trying to put away his "baby stuff." Meanwhile, Jay's little sister, Tricia, brings new and somewhat real adventures into Cheshire's life. He wonders how she got here noticing Jay's Mom was fat then suddenly flat. Tricia is the one which gets him out of the house when they go to visit her in the hospital.
Cheshire and the Magic Squares is written first-person through the eyes of Cheshire. Cheshire being bored escapes to a magical kingdom called the Land of the Forgotten where he meets some unusual friends.
At which point, he learns new games and becomes the amazing detective Cheshire Homes but not before he learns what a snickerfit is.
There is a note at the end to parents which explains the inspiration of the story--and also gives a warning.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cathey Newhouse
• Release date: Jun 21, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458096012

Cathey Newhouse

Cathey Newhouse wrote and published in the '80s then graduated from Southern Illinois at Edwardsville, IL with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication in 1995. She spent 13 years designing pages and odds, comma ends, in community newspapers. In 2010 she published her first book, THE DREAM MYSTERY Grandpa's Buried Treasure. It is a teen mystery/adventure but a fun read for all ages. Her husband Dale and daughter Tricia live in Southern Illinois. They have children, grandchildren, one cat and three fish ponds. She is a gardener, a blogger, a facebooker and a graphic artist.

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This book is dedicated to my son Jay, daughter Tricia and my grandchildren.

This is a work of fiction. The resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cheshire and the Magic Squares

by Cathey S. Newhouse

Copyright 2011 Cathey S. Newhouse

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Chapter 1: Hello

When we were leaving the hospital Grandma had me wave 'bye bye' to a man in a glass cube called a parking attendant. Everybody laughed.

I had a whole lot of fun at the hospital (but I don't think Tricia did.) There was something about waving at the parking attendant, when his mother laughed, I felt like I had done something very very good. But I still don't know what it was.

The Tricia (the blonde girl's name) did bring some excitement to the place when she arrived. How she arrived was sort of interesting too. Or what happened before and after she came.

Jay's mom looked like someone had over-stuffed her with fluff. Then when she brought Tricia home she was flat. I wondered if someone had sat on her in a lawn chair.

Anyway, the Tricia had something called open heart surgery. Jay did explain it to me. He put pieces of paper all over me that he taped together in a tubular shape (like cardboard paper towel or toilet paper holders.) They looked something like garden hoses, but he didn't color them green.