Life was comfortable and Ollie grew up soft.īut as fate would have it, that is all going to change. He always had plenty to eat and it was fun watching the humans who visited daily, especially the little ones. His life was totally dependent upon humans.
Everything he knew, he learned from his mother and through the bars of his confinement. Ollie, however, was born in a cage and has spent his entire life in a zoo. In the beginning, all animals were born wild and free. Her love of Greek mythology inspires her writing. She’s an avid gamer who loves hanging out with friends. She writes amid a very busy extracurricular schedule, including a spot on both a gymnastics team and a trampoline and tumbling team, as well as taking weekly piano lessons. She finished writing Mylee In The Mirror, the second in her multi-award-winning middle-grade Greek mythology fantasy series before heading back to school for seventh grade and turning twelve and Mad Max & Sweet Sarah before eighth grade and becoming a teen. really needs some ideas, or she might never find her own place in a complicated world.Įllie Collins wrote her debut novel, Daisy, Bold & Beautiful when she was turning eleven and just beginning sixth grade. She must be dreaming her new friend can’t possibly be real-and what could she know about getting along with gamers? D.J. It seems she’ll never find a way to fit in, but then she awakens in a gorgeous garden where she meets Persephone, Goddess of Spring. just likes to garden, nurturing plants, watching them grow and thrive. She tries to make friends, but they all appear to be slaves to screen time. Now she’s starting middle school in the city with kids she’s never met. and her dad moved far from the small town and only home she ever knew. Though it’s geared toward younger readers, teens and adults alike will also enjoy this book. The author weaves together many fascinating scenes filled with a cast of memorable characters, stoking a plot that suggests this young lady was indeed born to write.
gains the confidence needed to navigate her new surroundings. It is through the guidance of this new friend that D. enjoys gardening, and it’s here, in an enchanted dream garden, that she meets Persephone, Goddess of Spring. as she and her father move to a new city and a whole new life. The story follows middle school newbie D.
A natural-born storyteller, Collins penned her Greek Mythology tale at the age of eleven. Daisy, Bold & Beautiful is the debut novel from young author Ellie Collins.
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