Bruce and the Road to Courage by Gale Leach

Bruce and the Road to Courage by Gale Leach

Bruce is frightened of becoming a butterfly because he's terrified of heights. Worse yet, the other caterpillars tease and bully him about it. Unwilling to suffer any more, Bruce runs away from home.

Along the road, Bruce makes some unlikely friends, including Angie, a young moth caterpillar. Smitten by her, Bruce is horrified when Angie is captured by a bat while he hides.

Angered by his cowardice, Bruce resolves to rescue her, and his other friends--a mockingbird who doesn't eat bugs because she is a vegetarian, a spider who got tangled in his own web, and an aging firefly-join the search.

When they reach the bats' cave, however, hope of a rescue vanishes when they are captured by the bats' evil leader, Stang. Bruce learns that Stang and his minions have brutalized or killed many, including other bats, during his rise to power. Bruce's unwillingness to cower any longer helps him devise a plan to save all the captives and end Stang's ruthless rule: Bruce must convince the other bats to join him and fight back.

A charming novel following caterpillar Bruce who rejects his destiny as a butterfly partly out of a fear of heights and partly out of the desire to forge his own path . Bruce and the Road to Courage has a strong message for young readers who are just about to embrace novel-style books. - James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review

Gale Leach had a number of different careers-including English teacher, retail buyer, craft wholesaler, American Sign Language interpreter, and finally technical writer and trainer-before she started her own business doing technical writing and editing for biotechnology companies. She ran that company successfully for over 20 years, until her husband suggested she retire early. She didn't think twice. She also never really retired. After moving to Arizona, Gale fell in love with pickleball -- a wonderful sport with a silly name. She wrote her first book, The Art of Pickleball, in 2005, and it won the Arizona Book Award. She then turned to fiction, and in 2011 finished her first novel, Bruce and the Road to Courage, a heroic fantasy for children. Spurred by an enthusiastic response, Gale continued Bruce's adventures to four books with a fifth in progress. She is also writing The Rift Chronicles, a young adult fantasy series involving technology, magic, and creatures you only thought were mythological. Visit Gale's website-www.galeleach.com-to learn more about her writing and subscribe to her newsletter. You can also find her on most social media.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781937083007
ISBN 10	1937083004
Title	Bruce and the Road to Courage
Author	Gale Leach
Series	Adventures Of Bruce And Friends
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Two Cats Press
Year published	2011-08-14
Number of pages	194
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.