KyRose Takes a Leap

KyRose Takes a Leap is 300-page middle-grade debut novel in a magical realism trilogy about a seventh-grade girl with a reluctant gift to speak to animals and who desperately wants to blend in with the popular crowd. It is geared to children ages eight to thirteen.It's the near future in 2028 and twelve-year-old KyRose is a freak. Well, at least that's what her fellow seventh graders say about her since she thinks she can talk to animals. KyRose just wants to be normal like everyone...
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KyRose Takes a Leap is 300-page middle-grade debut novel in a magical realism trilogy about a seventh-grade girl with a reluctant gift to speak to animals and who desperately wants to blend in with the popular crowd. It is geared to children ages eight to thirteen.It's the near future in 2028 and twelve-year-old KyRose is a freak. Well, at least that's what her fellow seventh graders say about her since she thinks she can talk to animals. KyRose just wants to be normal like everyone else and to be invited to the most popular girl in school's upcoming party. But will she have to shun her special gift - and her best friend - to achieve the acceptance she so longs for?KyRose Takes a Leap is a magical realism story of one girl's battle to fit in, set against themes of artificial intelligence, augmented reality, an endangered ecosystem, and respecting animals as ourselves, and is the first in a trilogy.