This is a story of friendship and acceptance, and testing strength in an uncertain future. ( more) But he also finds hope in the present through the internet he finds friends that see him, not just his illness. Lonely and isolated, Sora turns to the ancient wisdom of the samurai for guidance and comfort. Japanese teenager, Sora, is diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). They say a warrior must always be mindful of death, but I never imagined that it would find me like this. THE LAST LEAVES FALLING by Fox Benwell (Published under Sarah Benwell)Īnd these are they. KALEIDOSCOPE SONG (Simon & Schuster, TBA).THE LAST LEAVES FALLING (Random House, January 2015) (Simon and Schuster, May 2015).He loves jungles and deserts and the dark, still corners where the stories live, but spends most of his time at his tiny desk in Bath, with his trusty feline sidekick. He runs the Trowbridge Young Writers Squad, is the founder of The Variety Shelves – an upcoming series of events for 2015, highlighting diversity in literature – and one half of the team running. Fox is a YA author, creative writing mentor, and an advocate for diversity.
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