Butterfly Chaos

Three months after her cousin Toni died, Cassie is still reeling. Toni’s best friend now ignores her in the halls. Cassie’s cousin is dating the girl who torments her in gym. And Cassie has maybe a teeny-tiny crush on the boy who pulled Toni’s body out of the river.Then Toni’s ghost visits Cassie and reveals that in two nights, a powerful EF3 tornado will rip into a dance hall, killing those three kids.Cassie sets out to keep everyone from going to the dance. As she argues and cajoles (and stockpiles minor munitions to clear the building) she uncovers stories about her friends’ connections with Toni – and all the reasons they refuse to skip this awesome dance. Why does everyone have to be so bullheaded! Despite everything Cassie does to change their destiny, they find themselves directly in the killer tornado’s path. In those last moments as the tornado bears down on them, Cassie must find a rock to cling to as the whole world is torn to pieces around her.Fans of Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt or Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu will love this book.

About the Author

My book, Courageous Women of the Civil War: Solders, Spies, Medics, andMore, has been published by Chicago Review Press. I profile 16 amazingwomen who fought and saved lives during the Civil War. I brought somenew stories about them to light, and tried to lay to rest some oldmyths. I have a Top Secret Civil War Project coming up. Stay tuned.Now I'm publishing a series of gardening books, drawing on my 20+ years as a municipal horticulturist, rose garden potentate, landscape designer,greenhouse manager, etc. I have a bad back now, but the memories liveon! I've started the Easygrowing Gardening series with Don't Throw inthe Trowel! Vegetable Gardening Month by Month. Up next is Rose to theOccasion: An Easy-Growing Guide to Rose Gardening.I'll also have some novels coming out for young readers and young adults. Angel in the Whirlwind, a young adult short-story collection, is available.Butterfly Chaos is up next. I earned my Master's in Writing forChildren from Hamline University, where I worked with some award-winning writers. My fiction and articles have appeared in Cricket, Highlights,The Horn Book, Organic Gardening, Birds and Blooms, and Grit.Ifyou're on Twitter, stop by and say hi at @rosefiend, or visit my website at melindacordell.com. Thanks very much for stopping by.

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