Sigfried and the Skunk!

An excerpt from The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin — which is FREE through today. “Are you going to study?” Rachel asked Sigfried, whom she found romping with Lucky in the ferns behind Dare Hall. “Study? What’s that?” Sigfried snorted. “Certainly not. I’m going exploring.” “Oh! Me, too!” Rachel cried, delighted. She pulled a Cadbury’s bar…

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Why is Rachel Griffin 13?

 One of the hardest problems I had when I started the Books of Unexpected Enlightenment was: What age should Rachel be? This issue turned out to be extraordinarily difficult. To this day, some readers are not happy with the solution. Here are some of the issues that went into the decision: Rachel must be young:…

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