Ark Elisabeth Sharp McKetta

Ark

Elisabeth Sharp McKetta

Eleven-year-old Arden is struggling with several losses in her life-her house, her best friend, and her dog-when the pandemic hits and upends everything else.

Arden thinks the world has ended when her parents decide to trade their large house (where she has her own purple bedroom with a window seat!) for a small backyard guesthouse, built like a wooden boat. The worst part: it's not big enough for their dog to come along. Things get even worse when her best friend moves away and a pandemic shuts school, leaving Arden's family quarantined in very little space. Arden just wishes life would go back to normal.

As neighbors leave town, shut themselves away, and get sick, their pets are left behind, and Arden becomes the safe-keeper of all the abandoned animals. When the pandemic touches home, Arden must use all her creativity and courage to help those she loves-family, friends, and dogs!

Ark was inspired by author Elisabeth Sharp McKetta's experience of living in a 275-square-foot tiny house with her husband and two children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Like Arden, Elisabeth's family learned to live large in a small space.

Elisabeth Sharp McKetta is the author of nine books including She Never Told Me About the Ocean (Paul Dry Books), Poetry for Strangers Vols. I and II, and The Fairy Tales Mammals Tell . She holds degrees from Harvard, Georgetown, and the University of Texas at Austin and teaches writing for the Harvard Extension School and the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education. McKetta grew up in Austin, Texas and currently lives in Cornwall, England. Visit ElisabethSharpMcKetta.com to learn more.

Paul Dry Books
Available: 09/08/23
5 x 8 · 328 pages
Ages 8-12 years
9781589881792
CDN $17.95 · pb