Watch the YouTube of the Book "Just Claire"

ClaireLee Finds Herself Caught in a Fight Between the Rich Girls and a Poor Uneducated One: Read “Just Claire”

"Just Claire" is available Thursday, January 7, 2016. The book, an upper middle grade, and also an interesting read for adults, available for download at Amazon.

The Trailer 

The Blurb:

ClaireLee’s life changes when she must take charge of her siblings after her mother becomes depressed from a difficult childbirth. Frightened by the way Mama sleeps too much and her crying spells during waking hours, she just knows she’ll catch her illness like a cold or flu that hangs on through winter. ClaireLee finds comfort in the lies she tells herself and others in order to hide the truth about her erratic mother. Deciding she needs to re-invent herself, she sets out to impress a group of popular girls.

With her deception, ClaireLee weaves her way into the Lavender Girls Club, the most sophisticated girls in school. Though, her best friend Belinda will not be caught with the likes of such shallow puddles, ClaireLee ignores Belinda’s warnings the Lavenders cannot be trusted. ClaireLee drifts further from honesty, her friend, and a broken mother’s love, until one very public night at the yearly school awards ceremony. The spotlight is on her, and she finds her courage and faces the truth and then ClaireLee saves her mother’s life.

 

"Just Claire" Releases January 5, 2016

Publication by Clean Reads

"Just Claire" releases January 5, 2016. Below is the book's blurb. Coming soon, I'll include the link to download the book.

Just Claire Blurb

ClaireLee’s life changes when she must take charge of her siblings after her mother becomes depressed from a difficult childbirth. Frightened by the way Mama sleeps too much and her crying spells during waking hours, she just knows she’ll catch her illness like a cold or flu that hangs on through winter. ClaireLee finds comfort in the lies she tells herself and others in order to hide the truth about her erratic mother. Deciding she needs to re-invent herself, she sets out to impress a group of popular girls.

With her deception, ClaireLee weaves her way into the Lavender Girls Club, the most sophisticated girls in school. Though, her best friend Belinda will not be caught with the likes of such shallow puddles, ClaireLee ignores Belinda’s warnings the Lavenders cannot be trusted. ClaireLee drifts further from honesty, her friend, and a broken mother’s love, until one very public night at the yearly school awards ceremony. The spotlight is on her, and she finds her courage and faces the truth and then ClaireLee saves her mother’s life.

My First Book to Release by Clean Reads Publishing in Spring 2016

As a child, I lived in one of these cabins and it is the setting for ClaireLee's home

Hi everyone,

I can't believe it. Finally, I'm getting my first book published. Not only is it my first book, but the first book I began back in 1994.

"Just Claire", is an upper middle grade novel about a thirteen-year-old girl:

ClaireLee’s life changes when she must take charge of her siblings and depressed mother, and she finds relief in the lies she tells herself and others. Frightened by the changes in Mama, ClaireLee just knows she’ll catch Mama’s illness like a cold or flu that hangs on through winter. Deciding she needs to re-invent herself, she sets out to impress a group of popular girls.

At the slip of an untruth, she deceives her way into the Lavender Girls Club. Her best friend Belinda will not be caught with such shallow puddles, though. ClaireLee drifts further from honesty, her friend, and a broken mother’s love, until one very public night. The spotlight is on her, she finds her courage, faces the truth, and then she saves a life.

The release date is for spring 2016 by Clean Reads Publishing as an e-book. 

Thank you to all who've encouraged me on this long, long road to publication and especially about the story of "Just Claire".

I'll give updates more regularly and keep everyone posted.

Have a blessed day, friends.

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