Natchariya Beatty

Snow Flake and the Big Race Natchariya Beatty

The journey of Snow Flake, 12 years old, as she seeks acceptance at her new school. Readers will identify with Snow Flake - everyone desires to fit in with their peers and faces challenges along the way. Snow Flake learns to appreciate her differences. She is a reliable learning partner for readers. The story is quirky on the surface, from Snow Flake's appearance, to the oddly named students, to Cannon Ball, an aggressive but clever bully. The inner journey of Snow Flake provides central themes of bullying and celebrating individual differences. Cannon Ball seeks to belittle and control Snow Flake. She confronts him, and ultimately, she has to decide whether to save him from a life-threatening event. This is an inspiring story about being unique, finding creative solutions and what it means to try your best. The authors have teamed up to create a fresh voice in children's literature. The story, which took them more than two years to write, has tears, fears, struggles, chuckles, bad behavior, a noble savior and hip-hop ditties. Zany illustrations perfectly compliment this heartwarming story.