The stats are bleak: disabled people are one of the least represented minority groups in all of kid lit. Additionally, when it comes to the disability community, this administration has proven to be the least generous of any in my lifetime).Īfter a few days of internal deliberation, I set “that cat book” aside and started on a new story featuring a main character and supporting characters living with disabilities. Setting that moment aside, the fact remains that Trump’s first three budget proposals stripped all funding for The Special Olympics and funding was only restored because of bi-partisan outcry. (Note: I’m really not interested in debating Trump supporters on whether or not his wild, flailing gestures were misrepresented by the media. He was speaking in my home town of Myrtle Beach, SC, at a venue less than three miles away, when he mocked the physical disability of Serge Kovaleski, a journalist who suffers from arthrogryposis, a condition that causes joint contracture on his arm and hand.įor days after, I thought about how a child with a disability would feel watching a huge crowd of people roaring with laughter in reaction to such a shameful, cruel display by a man who would then go on to become president. Sometime in late November of 2015, I was watching a television broadcast of our current president, then candidate Donald J Trump, at a campaign rally. I’m going to get political here, and if that bothers you, feel free to skip the yellow text. (It took me forever to think of a title, so as I was writing I referred to it simply as “that cat book”.) The story had a fun, easy flow and I made it to roughly fifty-five thousand words before coming to an abrupt halt. I'm often asked for updates, so I decided it might be time to revive my abandoned blog and put it to good use.Īfter publication of The Murk, I began work on a supernatural middle-grade mystery.

It’s been a long time since I’ve offered detailed information on my writing career. Reading level 5.PART ONE: (WHERE’S THE NEW BOOK, YA LAZY BUM?) 10307756 Cataloging source DLC Lettrick, Robert Dewey number Index no index present Interest level MG LC call number PZ7.L56895 LC item number Fr 2014 Literary form fiction

Language eng Summary Chaos ensues at Camp Harmony when a virus turns the animals in the surrounding wilderness into raging, foam-spewing predators Storyline Label Frenzy Title Frenzy Statement of responsibility Robert Lettrick Creator

Frenzy by robert lettrick