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Craziest Cajun Football Tale
Middle Grade Fiction:
Interest Level: 8-13 years
Grade Level: 3-8
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Hatcher has big football dreams. He wants to be a play-calling star. A legend. So, he joins a city youth team with the hopes of designing plays to win a championship. But when his inability to read plays correctly gets him cut to the B-team—a group of misfits—his dream of winning turns to surviving a season of Cajun craziness.
Enter cousin Heatha, who, forced to live with them, discovers Hatcher’s real obstacle—he has dyslexia. How can latch-key kids Hatcher and Heatha work together to defy the odds?
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Reviews:
“This is a genuine coming of age story steeped in the best traditions of football, life’s lessons and family love. We can all see some aspects of our own lives as we follow young Hatcher navigate his dreams and adventures. A true touchdown!”
—Mark Romig, Stadium Play by Play Announcer – The New Orleans Saints
“What begins as farce broadens to include more serious considerations of family, belonging, and trying to find hope in difficult circumstances. Alipio keeps the narrative buoyant with jokes and a light tone, but he is able to deftly explore more challenging issues as he digs into Hatch and Heatha’s deeper motivations. The text is divided into short chapters (rarely longer than five pages) and supplemented by occasional black-and-white illustrations by Melina Alipio, helping to make the novel a fun and engaging read for football fans and realistic fiction fans alike.” Read Kirkus Review >
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Craziest Fishing Tale on the Bayou
Middle Grade Fiction:
Interest Level: 7-12 years
Grade Level: 3-7
★ Louisiana’s Pick ~ 2019 National Book Festival
Craziest Fishing Tale on the Bayou is an adventurous middle grade novel about family, fishing and overcoming adversity against the odds. Eleven-year-old Hatcher Hampton is competing in his first fishing rodeo with hopes to win $500 and bragging rights over his older brother forever. But getting stuck in a horsefly-infested swamp with Grampa Grump and no extra underwear isn’t what he has in mind. In the end, Hatcher must face a bayou beast and a one-armed pesky neighbor to win the greatest prize of all.
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Reviews:
“Alipio’s story truly IS the ‘Craziest Fishing Tale on the Bayou’ I’ve ever heard. It has embedded how fishing can impact family relationships, the process of growing up, goal setting and the value of persistence and hard work in the face of failure … if you want to revisit your early observations of fishing or just plain entertainment, cast your lure at this one!”
— Don Dubuc, WWL Outdoors Radio & TV Host, New Orleans, LA
“Author Gary Alipio’s funny fish tale is a great choice for young and old. As a wise old fisherman (a la Grampa Grump) once said, “that’s why they call it ‘fishing,’ not ‘catching.'”
–– New Orleans Magazine
Bayou Bogeyman Presents Hoodoo & Voodoo
(2nd Edition)
Middle Grade Fiction:
Interest Level: 7-12 years
Grade Level: 3-7
“You will enjoy Alipio’s tricky tale of a zombie middle school girl and super spooky Doll in the Wall that will keep you sleeping with one eye open!”
This collection features 13 spine-tingling tales from 9 different Louisiana writers, each with their own share of screams.
About: The night might have started as a normal camping trip, but it soon becomes a nightmare from the swamp when a group of students are joined by the Bayou Bogeyman. With their teacher missing and no way home, the children have no choice but to play the Bogeyman’s twisted game: tell a campfire story spooky enough to satisfy the monster’s appetite or get eaten alive!
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Bayou Bogeyman Presents Hoodoo & Voodoo
(1st Edition)
Middle Grade Fiction:
Interest Level: 7-12 years
Grade Level: 3-7
“You will enjoy Alipio’s tricky tale of a zombie middle school girl and super spooky Doll in the Wall that will keep you sleeping with one eye open!”
This collection features 13 spine-tingling tales from 9 different Louisiana writers, each with their own share of screams.
About: The night might have started as a normal camping trip, but it soon becomes a nightmare from the swamp when a group of students are joined by the Bayou Bogeyman. With their teacher missing and no way home, the children have no choice but to play the Bogeyman’s twisted game: tell a campfire story spooky enough to satisfy the monster’s appetite or get eaten alive!
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Hi Gary,
Congratulations! Was your story picked up by Pelican or River Road Press? I look forward to seeing it in print.
Take care,
Julie
By Pelican. Prob next Spring — we’ll see.
gary
Hi Gary, I sent your name to Scott Campbell of the new River Road Publishing. I enjoy your stories you read aloud at SCBWI meetings… Thought you two should meet. Best wishes on all your projects!
Julie
Thank you for passing my name to Scott, Julie. Always nice to hear feedback from readings, good or bad. I really appreciate the plug and hope we get to work on something together in the future. And congrats on Army Camels Crystal Kite award. Really nice stuff, I hope it brings new projects galore for you.
gary
Hi Julie,
Guess what? Fishing Tale finally got hooked. Thank you for lovin’ the black coffee scene — lil surprises for people who like to be surprised. Thank you for believing it this tale.
gary