Three Outlines

I’m currently making a few last changes to the third book in this series and trying to find an agent who will handle them. If you have middle-graders who would be interested in reading them and giving me feedback, please give me a shout. Maddy Roo Maddy Roo takes place in a world of anthropomorphic animals and patchwork robots. Its protagonist, Maddy, is a 12-year-old kangaroo whose younger sister, Sindy, is a “throwback” with no fur, scales, or tail. Their father was kidnapped by a raiding band of robots two years before the story opens; they and their mother have struggled to make ends meet since then. While Maddy is out one evening with a goat boy named Gumption they rescue a damaged robot from a stream. Its regulator has been broken, which allows it to reveal that another raid is about to take place. Maddy and Gumption rush back to town to warn everyone. The raiders are driven off, but not before taking Maddy’s sister and two other children. Maddy teams up with the rescued robot,…