{"id":8893,"date":"2015-01-14T00:01:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T05:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=8893"},"modified":"2015-01-05T06:20:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T11:20:14","slug":"i-live-in-a-doghouse-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=8893","title":{"rendered":"I LIVE IN A DOGHOUSE ~ Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>I LIVE IN A DOGHOUSE by Beverly Stowe McClure<\/h1>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ILiveInADoghouse200x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8894\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ILiveInADoghouse200x300.jpg\" alt=\"doghouse\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Eleven-year-old Nick Cassidy&#8217;s stepsister delights in calling him gross names. His half-sister loves for Nick to push her in the stroller, to his embarrassment. What if the guys from school see him? All Nick wants is his father to come back and take him away from this crazy family. Is it any wonder he sometimes lives in the doghouse? <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em><strong>I LIVE IN A DOGHOUSE<\/strong><\/em> is the story of a boy&#8217;s struggles to accept his new family while he longs for the old. When his father finally returns, will Nick&#8217;s dreams come true? Or will he discover that memories sometimes are faulty, and it\u2019s best to forget the past and treasure the present?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">###<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Can be purchased at:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">MuseItUp Publishing:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1wPCYNc\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1wPCYNc<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Amazon:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1vc7kt9\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/1vc7kt9<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Barnes and Noble:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1pNgxaM\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1pNgxaM<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Kobo:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-CA\/ebook\/i-live-in-a-doghouse\">http:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-CA\/ebook\/i-live-in-a-doghouse<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">i books:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/id939508513\">https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/id939508513<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">###<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Beverly-2012-smaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7528 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Beverly-2012-smaller.jpg\" alt=\"star of the team\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Most of the time, you\u2019ll find Beverly in front of her computer, writing the stories little voices whisper in her ear. When she\u2019s not writing, she takes long walks and snaps pictures of clouds, wild flowers, birds and deer. To some of her friends, she is affectionately known as the \u201cBug Lady\u201d because she rescues butterflies, moths, walking sticks, and praying mantis from her cats.<\/p>\n<p>For twenty-two years Beverly taught children in grades two through five how to read and write. They taught her patience. Now, she teaches a women\u2019s Sunday school class at her church. To relax she plays the piano. Her cats don\u2019t appreciate good music and run and hide when she tickles the ivories.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I LIVE IN A DOGHOUSE by Beverly Stowe McClure Eleven-year-old Nick Cassidy&#8217;s stepsister delights in calling him gross names. His half-sister loves for Nick to push her in the stroller, to his embarrassment. What if the guys from school see him? 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