Otter Tales

By Michelle Rutledge and Shanna Williams

Ride along for some otter good fun!

From the worlds of fantasy and science fiction to kids fighting real life battles, you’ll speed along from one adventure to the next.

Written by youth, these stories will amaze you with their creativity, thoughtfulness, and delightful spirit.

Journey in search of dragons. Fight along superheroes. And face the bullies head on!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dancing Lemur Press LLC
• Release date: Dec 5, 2017
• ISBN: 9781939844422

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Edited by

Michelle Rutledge

&

Shanna Williams

DANCING LEMUR PRESS, L.L.C.

Pikeville, North Carolina

http://dancinglemurpress.com/

Copyright 2017 by Michelle Rutledge

Published by Dancing Lemur Press, L.L.C.

P.O. Box 383, Pikeville, North Carolina, 27863-0383

http://dancinglemurpress.com/

ISBN: 9781939844422

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in a retrieval system in any form – either mechanically, electronically, photocopy, recording, or other – except for short quotations in printed reviews, without the permission of the publisher.

This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Cover design by C.R.W.

Dedication

We thoughtfully dedicate this book to R.J. Palacio, the author of our beloved Wonder. This novel has become an integral part of our classroom over the last 4 years. The lessons she inspires through this book for our impressionable middle school kids include nearly every element of fiction, plot development, figurative language, oh the symbolism, and (most importantly, as they begin their middle school journey) an infinite amount of character development. Thank you for introducing us to such relate-able characters from whom our kids can learn to choose kind. Congratulations on the movie! I know 4 years worth of middle school kids are so pumped!

Table of Contents

The Legendary Mountain Dragon by Achilles Wireman

Finding Wolverine: The Saga Continues by Justin Arnold

The Mean Girl by Maddox Burns

Lukas the Hog Rider: The Adventure Begins by Jacob Hagley

The Dream by ShaNora Wallace

Attack of Planet Tarene by Adin Billmyre

Breland: The True Story by Geralyn Ramey

Junk Boy and All His Chubby Glory by Jaxsen Cox

Takui by Rahkeem Faison

The Ground by Aliya Brown

Krucial by Dekyron Lewis

Cat and Turtle by Devin Sallaz

This Missing Moon by Tucker Cullen

Rose Life by Emily Parrish

The Zanderans by Aiden Adams

The Baddest Girl in School by Kymira Smith

The Story of My Life by Cynthia Coriano

Story of a Hero by Kelvin Hillard

The Crush by Guadalupe Ruiz

The North Carolina State Fair by Garrett West

A Frightening Circus Day by Janazia Rainey

Shon Can’t Swim by Kristen Whitney

The Legendary Mountain Dragon

By Achilles Wireman

Once upon a time in a valley village between two mountains, lived a MLG stickman named Liam. Liam was a hardworking man at the blacksmith's shop. Customers traveled from faraway lands to buy Liam’s swords and armor.

One day a customer asked Liam, Have you heard about the mountain dragon?

Liam had never seen a dragon, but always heard stories about men trying to catch and train dragons. No one had ever been able to do so, Liam responded.Yes, I’ve heard of people going to the mountains, but they never return.

I'm sure with your amour I could do wonders, replied the customer.

What is your name, Sir? Liam asked.

Zander, he replied.

Are you planning on traveling through the mountains, Zander? Liam asked. He had always been interested in the dragons.

Yes, Zander answered. Would you like to come along? We would make a great team!

Liam contemplated this. No one would miss him, and he had always dreamed of traveling the world and finding a dragon. Maybe if he went with Zander, he would be able to find one.

I'll have to think about it, Liam said.

I'm leaving in two sunsets. Meet me here if you decide to come, Zander replied as he walked away.

Liam spent two days making his best armor and swords. He couldn’t leave without making sure his cat, Ginger, was taken care of. He took the cat to the church and asked the preacher to look after the cat. Finally, on the second day at sunset, Liam met Zander outside the blacksmith's shop.

Glad you could make it! Zander said.

Well, I can’t let you have all the fun, Liam said with a laugh. He tossed Zander a bag with a special set of armor he had made.

That's so you don’t get killed, Liam chuckled.

Well aren't you sweet, Zander laughed sarcastically.

Liam and Zander set off to the East Mountains. They walked for days, unable to find any signs of the dragons that supposedly lived in the area.

On the twenty-sixth day, Liam and Zander stumbled upon a cave high up at the tip of the East Mountain.

Would you look at that, Zander said as he looked into the pitch black cave.

Do you think they are there? Liam asked.

There is only one way to find out, Zander replied.

Slowly, Liam and Zander made their way into the cave with their torches in their hands.

We’ve been walking forever! Zander said.

We are so close to finding a dragon, Liam