Title: Unusual Awakening
Author: S.M. Knowles
Book
Description:
With tears and a tight hug, Rylee Everley’s dad left for
Afghanistan with the Army Reserve. Since his deployment, her mom has been
distant, her sisters are constantly fighting, and Rylee, at only thirteen years
old, has to be the glue to keep them together. While her mother stays locked in
her room, Rylee has been forced into the role of parent.
Now, two years later, a freak accident involving a bus at
school promises to restore some normality to her family. In spite of not
knowing how their father is, her mother is happy and her sisters don’t seem to
fight as much as they used to. Rylee herself is seeing more of her friends and
is even trying to sort out her own feelings about Brock Parker. However,
something dark threatens to disrupt that normality for personal gain, and that
darkness is willing to break every rule to get what it wants.
S.M. Knowles was born in Elmira, New
York where she was swept away in a whirlwind to the Land of Oz—Independence,
Kansas. Her parents were relocating for working opportunities and decided that
this would be the perfect place to start new roots. Little did she know that
this place would contribute to the inspiration for the first book she wrote in
her Rylee Everley Series.
While growing up, S.M. would travel
the roads around her house while imagining she was somewhere else. Her
imagination would take her everywhere, making the long hot summer days seem
shorter throughout her fantasies.
At the age of twelve, she decided to
write her first book. Filled mostly with dialog, she filled up one-hundred
pages, front and back. After taking the book downstairs to show her mom, and
persuading her to buy her more paper, she excitedly ran back to her room. As
she barreled through the door, S.M. tripped over items left on her floor, and
her papers came raining down in her room. Discouraged, she stood there in
tears, picking up her papers and throwing them in the trash. Her work had no
organization, no numbers on her pages, just a child fulfilling a joy that she
would put down and not pick up again.
When she became older, she
joined the military for something different. In that time, she was able to
explore many places and even met her husband in Iraq. After coming home, she
started her family in Arizona and went back to school, earning a Master’s
degree in Adult Education and Training.
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrOQwyLPeMM&feature=em-upload_owner#action=share
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrOQwyLPeMM&feature=em-upload_owner#action=share
Getting up, I walk over to the tree line. I don’t see anything
around, so I grab a rock and throw it to scare off any animals. Walking in
further, I call out, “Hello?” Everything is quiet. I wait a few more seconds.
Something feels off. Walking in a little further, I hear a branch break. I know
I didn’t step on anything, so something’s unquestionably out there. “Who’s out
here?” I yell. A big oak tree stands directly in front of me, right next to
him. “No, no, no, no,” I beg.
Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0KZuZF01FA : Andrew Belle - In My Veins
Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0KZuZF01FA : Andrew Belle - In My Veins
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