I’ve been working on a series of middle grade to young adult novels. They are each about 50,000 words in length. After revising the first one several times, it is down to 48,000 words. It is nearly ready for submissions.

The Scribe of Irohila

This is a middle grade adventure about a 12-year-old boy, Raoli, who lived in a civilization so ancient, no historical record of it exists on earth. Raoli sees strangers floating downriver near his village, Irohila. He is convinced his village could benefit from knowing more about where the strangers came from. The novel chronicles his search for the village of the strangers. This novel is currently being revised for the sixth time.

The Seagull Rebellion

A minor character from the first novel takes center stage in The Seagull Rebellion. Maralin, a 13-year-old girl from the inland city of Halekalo, goes with her father to Valeka, a huge city beside the ocean. There her father’s attempts to study wildlife bring on hostilities from a nearby group of primitive villagers, and Maralin’s life is endangered.

The Legend of Kao Pao

Back in Irohila, Raoli, now age 14, is about to participate in a coming-of-age ceremony called Jakata, but he rebels against the tradition of having to announce his choice for a future wife. Meanwhile Irohila has its first visitor from outside the culture, a woman who serves as high-priestess in the Halekalan temple of Kao Pao, a deity whose earthly messenger, Berendi, was born in Irohila three hundred years earlier. The first draft for The Legend of Kao Pao was completed in 2006.

The Valekan Migration

Maralin, now 15, is forced to evacuate along with thousands of other residents of Valeka. She embarks on a journey north along the coastline, and in the process, redefines who she is and what she will become. The first draft was completed in 2007.

I may write more after this; I’ll have to wait to see how the series is received.