Rose and Jypsy's Big Apple Adventure

By Stephanie Reghenzani and Laura Reghenzani

After moving to a new home with her mum and little dog Jypsy, Rose discovers a special place across a wooden bridge, a place where everything is not as it seems. Here she meets some unusual characters. Every day across the bridge is a new adventure and Rose soon discovers it is a place of surprises and wonders, not to mention the occasional danger. It is a place where she will laugh and cry.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Aug 20, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483678511

Stephanie Reghenzani

I have written a number of books (5 and 2 unfinished), however this is the first to be published. I am 48 years and have many chapters in my own life. I have done nursing, have brought up 2 children and I have been a university student for many years. At the age of 44 I became a primary school teacher. I discovered my passion for writing children’s stories in 2010. It all began when my daughter, Stephanie, who was 8 at the time, and I made up a story. It was then that I put pen to paper and together we came up with “Rose and Jypsy’s Big Apple Adventure.” Rose is Stephanie’s middle name and Jypsy is actually our little red dog.

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Copyright © 2013 by Laura and Stephanie Reghenzani. 504645-REGH

ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4836-7850-4

Ebook 978-1-4836-7851-1

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 09/27/2013

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Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1 - The Big Apple

Chapter 2 - A Talking Dog And A Maze

Chapter 3 - The River And The Dragon

Chapter 4 - A Dream Or A Nightmare

Chapter 5 - A Dragon Called Boris

Chapter 6 - Reconciliation

PROLOGUE

This story came about when my family and I were away from home for three weeks. I was doing some work experience as a teacher (after 9 years of study). My 14-year-old son was doing home schooling, while my 8-year-old daughter Stephanie attended the school I was working at.

In the evenings my daughter and I went to bed early so we could be fresh for school the next day. Now, after a few early nights, Stephanie wanted me to tell her a story. So, together we began this story about Rose and Jypsy. Rose is actually Stephanie’s middle name and Jypsy is in fact, our little red dog. As the story continued over several evenings I began to think this was a nice little story and so I decided to put pen to paper. This meant starting at the beginning and getting Stephanie to remind me of some of the details. It also meant adding and changing a few things to make it fun and interesting to read.

Stephanie is 11 years old now and who knows what new adventure Rose and Jypsy may find themselves in next.

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© 2011 by the authors of this book Laura Reghenzani and Stephanie Reghenzani. The book author retains sole copyright to their contributions to this book.

CHAPTER 1 - The Big Apple

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It was a summer’s day when a new family: a mum, her 10-year-old daughter – Rose and a little dog called Jypsy, move into a new home on the outskirts of a little country town. Their house was a good two hundred meters from a road that lead to town one way and the countryside the other. After settling into their new home Rose decided to explore her new surroundings. So, she grabbed Jypsy who was a small reddish dog and set off down a long windy path she found just outside the back gate.

After a short distance Rose decided to