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Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors | Intrigue on the Dismal Swamp Canal

Susan Stoderl

Jan 192 min

Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors | Intrigue on the Dismal Swamp Canal

Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors, volume 2 of the Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers series is a time travel historical middle-grade book....

Chapter 5. Cat Fits and the Third Degree | Quote

Susan Stoderl

Dec 8, 20231 min

Chapter 5. Cat Fits and the Third Degree | Quote

Sophia shows Zelda in her apartment to Pedro on her KittyCam while they are at school. Zelda is up to no good....

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers | Asthma + Piano Lessons = Multicultural Middle-Grade Books

Susan Stoderl

Nov 17, 20232 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers | Asthma + Piano Lessons = Multicultural Middle-Grade Books

At four years old, I began piano lessons with my mother, mostly to get her attention. I lived with my grandmother while my mother worked....

Middle-Grade Books | Magical Realism | Listening to the Wisdom of Telepathic Animals

Susan Stoderl

Nov 3, 20231 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Middle-Grade Books | Magical Realism | Listening to the Wisdom of Telepathic Animals

Why does the Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers series include a telepathic raven, polar bear, and cat? They came to me as spirit animals...

Middle-Grade Detective Book | Mission 1: All in a Day's Work

Susan Stoderl

Aug 18, 20231 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Middle-Grade Detective Book | Mission 1: All in a Day's Work

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Mission 1: All in a Day's Work | Chapter 14 Excerpt, Middle-Grade Fiction Ages 8-12

Susan Stoderl

Jul 7, 20231 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Mission 1: All in a Day's Work | Chapter 14 Excerpt, Middle-Grade Fiction Ages 8-12

Chapter 14: Thursday Night Meet-Up Zelda Screech Cat taunts her bona fides while at home with her nemesis and reluctant owner, Sophia...

Writing Middle-Grade Fiction | Handling Tragic Subjects

Susan Stoderl

May 19, 20233 min

Writers-Life

Writing Middle-Grade Fiction | Handling Tragic Subjects

For marketing reasons, I wrote a prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day’s Work, the first book in my Sophia of the Bright Read Sneakers...

Writing Children’s Fiction Ages 8-12 | Letting Children Know They Are Not Alone

Susan Stoderl

Apr 18, 20231 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Writing Children’s Fiction Ages 8-12 | Letting Children Know They Are Not Alone

Children want to know how to cope with situations that seem overwhelming, that they feel are beyond their years and ability to cope....

Middle-Grade Detective Book Excerpt | Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors

Susan Stoderl

Apr 14, 20232 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Middle-Grade Detective Book Excerpt | Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors

Chapter 1. Apartment 4B—with a Capital “B” for Bo-o-oring! A cloud of doom hovered over the MacGregor household. Sophia propped her...

Mark Twain's “Mental Telegraphy,” and Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers Series Agree

Susan Stoderl

Apr 11, 20232 min

Mark Twain's “Mental Telegraphy,” and Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers Series Agree

My characters, Sophia MacGregor, Pedro Gonzalez, Wahoo the Raven, and Zelda Screech Cat, can all speak telepathically in Humanish,...

Middle-Grade Prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day's Work | Excerpt

Susan Stoderl

Apr 7, 20232 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Middle-Grade Prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day's Work | Excerpt

From Chapter 1: Boys, Dragons, and Golden Fleece In this excerpt, the classroom teacher, Bartholomew Smythe, lectures on Jason and Medea...

Sophia and Pedro Cook | Super-Sleuths Chili, a Middle-Grade Detective Recipe

Susan Stoderl

Mar 3, 20231 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Sophia and Pedro Cook | Super-Sleuths Chili, a Middle-Grade Detective Recipe

As you know, Sophia and Pedro like to cook. Here is one of their "No Bunnies, Moo-Cows, or Chicks" recipes. 1 tbsp. olive oil 1 yellow...

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Prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day's Work, a middle-grade detective book for ages 8-12.