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    The Story for the Letters
    The Story for the Letters
    The Story for the Letters
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    The Story for the Letters

    By Kate Macleod

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    Sheshkala, far too young for such things, left her parents and her mountain home behind to secretly follow her big brother Irarra to his apprenticeship in the city.


    Then the siege began. Murderous barbarians surround the city, pounding at its ancient walls day and night.


    They want the king. They want the king's wealth. But more than that, they want to destroy the king's library. The library where she now hides and waits and watches her brother.


    "The Story for the Letters", a short story set in a bronze age city full of secret dangers. Dangers with no qualms about harming little girls. But resourceful little girls know no fear.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRatatoskr Press
    Release dateSep 12, 2018
    ISBN9781946552549
    The Story for the Letters
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    Kate Macleod

    Dr. Kate MacLeod is an innovative inclusive educator, researcher, and author. She began her career as a high school special education teacher in New York City and now works as faculty in the college of education at the University of Maine Farmington and as an education consultant with Inclusive Schooling. She has spent 15 years studying inclusive practices and supporting school leaders and educators to feel prepared and inspired to include all learners.

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