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The Summer Malik Started

A novel and four action journals · Ages 10–14 · In development

Malik is funny, guarded, and allergic to lectures. But one summer, he learns that acting unbothered is not the same as being free.

A finishable novel and four action journals for boys who avoid trying, hate being lectured, and need one real thing they can finish.

Malik's story is for the boy who watches from the edge, the one who can be brilliant when he chooses to try, and the one whose adults have nearly given up asking. This is not a book about being fixed. It is a book about starting.

The action journals

Four companions that turn watching into doing.

Role Modelling

Watch someone who does what you want to do. Study how they move.

Late Is Not Never

You missed the start. That does not mean you missed the chance.

Show Up Uncomfortable

The feeling does not go away. You go anyway.

Finish One Real Thing

Not everything. One thing. All the way to the end.

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