GENRE: SEL, Character Driven
WORDS: 454
Query:
Some days it feels like Nora’s little sister Maya gets everything she wants. Bare feet in the house in winter. Extra marshmallows for her hot chocolate. Nora’s favorite blue towel. But when Maya goes to bed, only Nora gets to stay up late with Mama — and lick cookie batter off the spoon. Everything is completely perfect…until Maya wakes up. And that’s when Nora discovers that big sisters and little sisters aren’t so different after all.
MAYA, MAMA and ME will appeal to fans of Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan
Adrien Simcox Does Not Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell.
I live in Brooklyn, NY with my husband (Anthony), daughter (Eloise) and two dogs (Merlin and Peanut). I have a Bachelor of Arts in Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University and am currently a member of 12×12. In 2020 I received a PBParty honorable mention for my story, LULU’S LITTLE SISTER.
Thank you for your time and consideration!
Excerpt:
My sister Maya says her mittens are too small and her scarf is too scratchy.
She won’t wear boots, even when it’s snowing.
Afterwards her socks are too wet, and the dry ones are too pink.
I want to go barefoot too, but Mama says, “Big sisters need to set an example,”
and if I wear mine, maybe Maya will wear hers.
She doesn’t.
Little sisters get away with everything.
What inspired you to write this story & what do you have in common with it:
Maya and Nora popped into my head one day, and right away Nora had a lot to say about being the older sister. I’m an only child, but I was the oldest cousin, and I remember all the adults in my life expecting more from me just because I was “older” and how hard that was at the time!
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