The Yo-Yo Diaries - Paperback

by Nancy Lee Bethea (Author)

Life is like a yo-yo for fourteen-year-old Bloom Howard. It has ups and downs, and it goes all around. With her parents' constant arguing, her little brother's illness, pressure to keep her grades up, and now a plagiarism accusation on a state writing test, Bloom's anxiety and depression rise and fall quicker than her beloved yo-yo. That's precisely when Bloom's life takes a turn. Through writing poetry, meeting an otherworldly muse, revisiting a friend from an ancient text, and connecting with writers both young and old, Bloom risks sharing her voice with the world. Along the way, she may just find that truth still exists, even in a world of deceit.

Author Biography

Nancy Lee Bethea, NBCT, is an author, speaker, and educator. Currently, she leads the Creative Writing Program at LaVilla School of the Arts, a public magnet school, in Jacksonville, Florida. The Yo-Yo Diaries: Spinning Toward Truth is her first novel-in-verse. Nancy lives with her family and a new Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy named Romeo in Northeast Florida.