Mia's Gift: A Muzzles the Manatee Story

by Del Hopewell (Illustrator), Craig Weeden, Victoria Weeden

Overview

As third grader Mia Alexandra Flores struggles to control her unpredictable ability to communicate with a Florida manatee, she discovers a magical, underwater world filled with unforgettable characters. Accompanied by her best friend Clark, Mia undergoes breathtaking adventures that reveal life lessons all ages will embrace. The award-winning Mia's Gift launches the Muzzles-the-Manatee series."A delightfully tall tale about live, love and manatees....It is an adventure of the heart and spirit....A pleasure, this book disguises valuable life lessons as pure entertainment." --Kirkus DiscoveriesMia's Gift Awards: ### Runner-Up - Children's Books - 2009 Hollywood Book Festival ### Honorable Mention - Children's Books - 2009 New York Book Festival ### Silver Medal - Best First Book - 2009 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439213292
Publisher:	BookSurge, LLC
Publication date:	04/18/2009
Pages:	134
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.29(d)

About the Author

Victoria Weeden, an Air Force brat and attorney, has spent her adult life as a family and children's advocate. In addition to her law degree, she holds a BA in English. She's the former director of the Guardian ad Litem program for Florida's 12th Judicial Circuit. She's currently a consultant, designer and avid genealogist.

Craig Weeden is listed in the Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers, The International Who's Who in Poetry and at Poets & Writers. His work has appeared in such places as the Southern Poetry Review, New Orleans Review, Chowder Review, The Smith, Cimarron Review, Writer's Digest, Tennis, and in numerous anthologies. He co-wrote the film adaptation of Painkiller Jane with comic book icon/legend Jimmy Palmiotti. Jane was optioned to Solipsist Films in 2014. Craig holds a BA in Sociology, MA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing.

The Weedens live in Clearwater, Florida, along with their standard poodle, Lula, and an abandoned shih tzu who wondered up on their porch, Duck (short for Lucky Duck).