Marly's Million Dollar Coat Hanger

By William Medina

School Bullies, the fear of failure, and a strange visitor.
Jenny has a dream. Along with this dream, she has doubts, fears, and school bullies that are making her life a living nightmare. While struggling with all this a mysterious guest is invited to visit her class.
Who exactly is Marly? What is she looking for and why is she so interested in Jenny? Just when she thinks all is lost, Jenny may have found the help she was desperately seeking.

Motivational & Empowering

A subtle entertaining, motivational, and empowering message that provides tools for child development. Success is not about money, but rather the achievements of goals, dreams, and the betterment of the lives of others. Jenny learns that self-esteem is important. That hard work and never giving up in the face of adversity is necessary to achieving life's goals. She also learns that having support, good friends, and the help of others are the most valuable things to have.

• Language: English
• Publisher: William Medina
• Release date: Feb 7, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224472185

William Medina

Creating a better future, the Author strives to motivate children and young people to achieve success through learning. He works in the school system and is a father of two children. He has dedicated his life to teaching them that life starts now and it is important to think about the future, today, even at such an early age. His daughter graduated high school in the top 10% (2015), with numerous awards, certifications, and 2 credits shy of getting her Associates Degree. She has always been a straight 'A' advanced class student. She graduated college with honors and is now an engineer working in a large firm in Orlando Florida. His son is following the same path. He scored 99% on a school performance exam and received high reading and math levels. Is currently (2024) in college studying to be an engineer. The author believes that success can be achieved and it begins with understanding school and knowledge can be fun. It is good to dream and we all should strive to dream big dreams. But without a plan, a desire to continue to learn, to strive for more, and to build healthy confidence in one's self and abilities, without these tools, it is difficult to make dreams into reality.

Book preview

It’s Happening Again

It is a sunny Friday afternoon with a gentle cool breeze in the air. The playground at Middle Side Elementary is full of children, burning off playful excess energy. They are yelling, running, jumping and having as much fun as they can.

The question is. Will it happen again? Like it happened yesterday, and the day before that. It seems to start and end in the same way. Groups of Mrs. Griffin’s third grade students are huddled together arguing with each other. It is a chaotic and extremely angry scene. Their voices carry across the playground disrupting the entire school during recess.

Today is no different.

Jenny is sitting with Sally at the far end of the playground near the small frog shaped seesaw set. She often spends recess telling Sally all about this idea she and her mom are working on. An idea for a toy they are making together for her baby sister.

Did you and your Mom talk? About your idea. Asked Sally wanting to know more.

I sat down with her for only a few minutes – but we did talk. Jenny grabbed the sleeve of her shirt. It’s been really hard trying to figure all this out.

I talked to my mom last night. She said she will be the first to buy one – when you get it!. Said Sally proudly smiling.

Jenny has been talking about this idea for two months. However, lately her and Sally have been doing it in secret.

Are you talking about it again? Said Anna. Tell us again about your amazing idea. She stood there with her arms crossed in front of her. You know – it will never work.

Anna and her friends spent much of their time thinking of ways to convince Jenny that her idea, that her dream was impossible. She had most of the girls and some of the boys believing Jenny was crazy. You have to be crazy to think that people would want to buy a toy made by a nine-year-old. Especially one made by Jenny.

What are you - special? Anna kicked up some of the mulch.

Anna is right! You are only a kid. You can't do that; stupid! Said Anna’s best friend Mylee.

Shut up Mylee! Sally screamed. Don’t talk to her like that. Her hands closed tightly into a fist. She knew that the last time she hit Mylee she was sent home for an entire day. Her parents told her if she did it again, next time she’d be grounded for a month.

My mom says kids can do anything they want. Shouted Becky who had now come over to stand against Anna with Sally.

What does your mom know, my dad is a doctor! He went to a big expensive school ... Anna paused trying to catch her breath. He knows more than your mom!

Sally was now standing over Jenny covering her like a human shield. She was trying to keep her safe. That is what friends do. Friends protect each other and Sally was the best kind of friend you could have.

One by one some of the other students joined in. One side saying that Jenny’s idea is dumb, impossible or a waste