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š 2021 BIBAĀ® Childrenās Middle Grade/Tween Winner! –
āWe are all given a space in life to fill, a roaring emptiness in time⦠and itās how you choose to fill that void, that will determine the difference in becoming a man or a legend.ā
Thatās what my father said to me a few years ago before he walked out on Mom, Emily, and me. If I would have had any sense back then, I would have asked him exactly what that meant.
Instead, Iām out here learning it the hard way ā dodging bullets and bombs while America is at war ā my friends fighting back with all we have, while trying to keep these orphaned children safe and our dreams alive.
They call us The Risers. Well, okay⦠so we call ourselves āThe Risers.ā But either way, weāre out here doing everything we can just to survive and rise up from our nationās ashes with honor, integrity, and justice.
Now, with smoky memories of a lost childhood, and the horrible, lingering, cardboard taste of MRE crackers (still left over from living in Dadās bomb shelter), my mini army and me march forward, taking back what was once taken for granted.
But to be honest, Iām really just out here winging it. Wish me luck.