This is modified / edited from a middle grade book I started writing for my son.  Not sure I boiled it down and concluded it all that well but it’s practice, practice, practice, especially trying to get the middle grade language down.

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Troy shoved his Yu-gi-oh cards into his backpack then stood. The library’s community room looked like it would burst at the seams if one more kid tried to squeeze inside. It didn’t smell too good either.

“Where are you going?” his friend, Joel, asked, looking up from his trading card duel with Ryan. Continue reading →