Operation Tenley
(The Fair City Files #1)
by Jennifer Gooch Hummer
Publication Date: September 13, 2016
Publisher: Month9Books
Meet Tenley Tylwyth, an Elemental Teen born with the power
to produce weather. Cool? Not really. Elementals who can create weather make
Mother Nature angry. It’s time she got rid of them. Only one thing is standing
in her way—Fair Ones. These ancestors of fairies keep kids like Tenley safe,
but when rookie Fair One, Pennie, fails to do so, she’s forced to travel to
Earth—a place where no Fair One wants to go. Now, Pennie has forty-eight hours
to convince Tenley to give up her power. It won’t be so easy. Tenley’s got a
way with wind. And after falling deep into Mother Nature’s gardens, where trees
grow upside down and insects attack on command, a little wind might be just
what Tenley needs to survive. Even if it kills her.
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Excerpt from: Chapter 15
Mrs. Tylwyth
stepped into Tenley’s room. “Actually, it’s a good thing you called. I forgot
my catalogues anyway. Have you seen them anywhere?”
“You mean these?” Tenley looked up from the other side of the bed.
Two pom-poms made of shredded paper were clutched in her hands. She clapped
them together.
“Tenley. You said you had
to come home because you ate a bad waffle.” Mrs. Tylwyth crossed her arms and
frowned. “I left the store halfway open.”
“I’m sorry, Mom. But I didn’t think you’d let me come home if I told
you the truth.”
“Which is?” Mrs. Tylwyth
smoothed down the end of Tenley’s bedding before she sat.
“Cheerleading auditions. They’re
today and I needed pom-poms. I didn’t want you to have to go buy me some real
ones, so I made these. I might even use them in my nail tutorials.”
“Cheerleading? Why would they be holding auditions at the end of the
school year?”
It was a little weird, considering it was June. “All I know is that
this really cute guy was setting up auditions with Mr. Frimpy and told me I
could audition too. Anyway, it’s the perfect place to get more votes.”
“Honey,”
Mrs. Tylwyth started.
“Don’t worry, Mom,” Tenley brushed out a pom-pom. “I’m going to get it.”
“This is a small town, Tenley.
These teens that you’re watching, the ones that actually get onto the show and
win the nominations, they’re from big cities. ANMIT only takes one teen from
each state. And these kids have moms and dads who work in big companies where
they can get lots of votes, not at their own antique shop. I might only get one
or two walk-ins a day, honey, and even though I put your signs up, well, I just
don’t want you to be heartbroken.”
“I’m not going to be
heartbroken; I’m going to be nominated.” Tenley clapped her pom-poms and stood.
“I made these out of your Secret Antique
Finds catalogues. I mean, am I inspirational or what?”
“A paper tutu, too?” Mrs. Tylwyth chuckled.
Tenley swiveled her hips. “Cool, huh?”
“How did you know how to make all that?”
“YouTube, Mom. DIY.”
Mrs. Tylwyth couldn’t help but look impressed.
“So you’re not
mad at me?”
“No, I’m still mad, Tenley. And
you’ll have to pay me back for those catalogues. But you are pretty clever.”
“Can you take me back to school now please?”
“Let’s go.” Mrs. Tylwyth
walked to the door. “I hope this rain stops soon or I’m afraid you’ll be
wearing a soggy ball of paper for a tutu.”
“It won’t rain on us,” Tenley
said glancing out the window confidently. “I promise.”
Jennifer Gooch Hummer is the award-winning author and
screenwriter of her debut novel, Girl Unmoored (SparkPress). Girl Unmoored has
also been published in German (Carlsen).
Jennifer has worked as a script analyst for various talent agencies and
film studios. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three daughters.
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