Twelve year old Blue Gaspard has grown up with little in terms of a stable place to call home. Since her father left the family when she was only four, saying he was headed out for more mustard, Blue's mother has moved from ranch to ranch around the state of Wyoming. The jobs have never lasted long and all their worldly possessions fit in the bed of their old pickup truck. Blue has become accustomed to stealing cans of food and tucking them away in her just-in-case box well, just-in-case the day comes when she is forced to leave school in the middle of the afternoon and head out with her mom for greener pastures. Blue wishes for just one year, even six months, in one place but as her mother always says, "Just bloom where you are planted."As luck would have it the next stop in the Gaspard girl's journey is a quiet secluded ranch nestled near the Indian reservation in Fremont County. Mom is hired on as the ranch manager and Blue soon finds herself in charge of feeding and caring for two premature bum calves. Blue also fully discovers her gift of seeing the lights, or auras, around people, animals, and places and is able to use these lights to heal.
Will this place be able to heal the holes in the Gaspard family? Have Blue and her mother finally found a home to call their own? What happens when all your dreams seem to finally be coming true?
This debut novel is sure to be a winner among those middle readers and teens looking for a wholesome, descriptive novel that celebrates the bonds of friendship, faith in oneself, and the healing power of love.
This book will be published in March 2009. The author, Mackie D'Arge, lives on the Wind River Reservation in Fremont County, Wyoming.
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