Today
I have a special excerpt for the middle grade book, Sign of the Green Dragon, by C. Lee McKenzie.
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A little bit about Sign of the Green Dragon:
When a wall
of their cave hideout crumbles, three boys discover a skeleton, clutching a
treasure map. They set off to trace the story of an old murder, but stumble
into a modern crime, and confront ancient Chinese dragons.
Excerpt from Sign of the Green Dragon:
They hunched under the table, their chins on their knees.
Sam turned his legs from one painful angle to another.
“I can’t feel my legs,” Roger said. “And my neck is broke
for sure.”
Joey lifted the tablecloth and peeked out. “It’s dark. I’m
for getting out of here. Nobody’s looking for us anymore.”
“Okay. Let’s go.” Sam crawled out and stretched. “We can
make it back to the museum now.”
Joey, who was on his way to the door, skidded to a stop.
“What did you say?”
“This is our chance to find out about Langtree and Li Wei.
By morning, Sadie’s going to be on guard again, and the sheriff’s going to spot
us for sure. It’s now or never.”
Roger paced down the aisle of the church, shaking his legs
and rolling his head. “What’s the plan?” he asked, coming back to them.
“Oh, nothing,” Joey said. “We’re just going to break into
the museum now. Sam hasn’t actually got us arrested yet, but he’s still
trying.”
“Me? I didn’t sock Roger. Besides if we don’t find the
treasure now what do you think your mom and dad are going to do when the sheriff
drives you home in his car?”
“Okay. Fine. Sure. Whatever.” Joey waved his arms overhead,
surrendering.
Sam pushed open the door, looked both directions, and then
stepped onto the street. Even though the town was deserted, he got that creepy
feeling of being watched again.
A little bit about the
author:
C. Lee
McKenzie has a background in Linguistics and Inter-Cultural Communication. Her
greatest passion is writing for young readers. Sign of the Green Dragon is her
third Middle Grade novel. Alligators Overhead and the sequel, The Great Time
Lock Disaster were her first two. She has traditionally published four young
adult novels: Sliding on the Edge, The Princess of Las Pulgas, Double Negative,
and Sudden Secrets.
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Special note from the
author:
I always have a free e-book (a
different one every few months) available on my website for visitors. http://cleemckenziebooks.com
