The Writing Box

By Allison Ali

"An epic family story of turmoil and change."

- ANASTASIA SUEN, author of the Eureka Gold Medal Winner Up Up Up Skyscraper

Fifteen-year old Julia lives in New York with her conservative parents, Peter and Ana Kilmere. Each summer she spends visiting her grandmother who lives on a Caribbean island. Holidays at grandma's is the best for Julia. She loves the beach, grandma's cooking and best of all her stories. There's also a little something going on with her childhood friend, Jonathan.

On her last night on the island, her grandmother tucks her in with an exotic gift that comes with a story. It's a family heirloom from India, a writing box. Julia lives in the digital age and can't imagine any use for it except to hold her trinkets. But an accident on a rainy evening, a late-night announcement, and three dinner guests shatters her ideas of her perfect world. She comes face-to-face with how she thought family, sense of self and happily ever after should look like. Could her grandmother's gift, a relic from the past, help put Julia back together again?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DQ9MNB13
• ISBN13: 9798218570873
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Cobblestone Books
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary