Dear Agent,
Please consider my YA Fantasy novel, Alice and the Mushroom Shop finished at 63,000 words. 15-year-old Alice Dale wants his family back together, the love of a girl named Dan, and his best friend alive. Unfortunately Alice’s sister is in an insane asylum, his dad is a drug-addict, his mother and the girl of his dreams hardly notices him and his best friend died in a drug raid.
Furious at fate’s hand, Alice makes some bad choices. His temper puts a local bully in the hospital, and his curiosity for drugs leads him to take psychedelic mushrooms from The Mushroom Shop, an enterprise Alice’s dad came up with for selling drugs under the guise of selling clay mushrooms.
Under a cloud of mushroom power, Alice jumps in a hole following not a rabbit, but a mushroom guy who calls himself, Sheriff Budaroo. At landing, Alice finds himself in a place called, “The Land that Moves Backwards”. With the aid of a mosquito and a dose of something that tastes like prune juice, Alice can move forward to save his dad, win the heart of the girl he loves and possibly get over the tragic death of his best friend.
Blocking his path is a wolf, a talking golden trout, and most importantly - The Queen of Shadows. In order to have what he wants, Alice needs to defeat the Queen, fight a wolf, and not let a philosophical trout confuse him. Moreover, Alice will have to forgive and remember how to love to get his family back, the girl of his dreams and closure at the loss of a friend. If he doesn’t, he not only loses the girl, his family, but he will lose his life.
Fans of Holly Black’s THE CRUEL PRINCE will enjoy ALICE AND THE MUSHROOM SHOP because this is a story that begins in bloodshed but ends in love and forgiveness. Alice’s story is also one like DORTHY MUST DIE by Danielle Paige because like Amy, Alice’s choices are based on the fate he has been given.
The manuscript is available upon request.
Alice and The Mushroom Shop
Re: Alice and The Mushroom Shop
15-year-old Alice Dale wants his family back together, the love of a girl named Dan, and his best friend alive. Unfortunately Alice’s sister is in an insane asylum, his dad is a drug-addict, his mother his mother what? and the girl of his dreams hardly notices him and his best friend died in a drug raid. That's a lot to unpack.
Furious at fate’s hand, Alice's makes some bad choices. His temper puts a local bully in the hospital, and his curiosity for drugs Why would the child of an addict whose best friend was mixed up enough with drugs to die in a raid be anything other than violently anti drug? leads him to take psychedelic mushrooms from The Mushroom Shop, an enterprise Alice’s dad came up with for selling drugs under the guise of selling clay mushrooms. I don't think addicts make good businessmen, maybe I'm wrong but that strikes me as bad for business.
Under a cloud of mushroom power, Alice jumps in a hole following not a rabbit, but a mushroom guy is this a guy who sells shrooms or is it an anthropomorphic shroom? who calls himself, Sheriff Budaroo. At landing, Alice finds himself in a place called, “The Land that Moves Backwards”. With the aid of a mosquito and a dose of something that tastes like prune juice, Alice can move forward to save his dad, win the heart of the girl he loves and possibly get over the tragic death of his best friend. We've lost mom here.
Blocking his path is a wolf, a talking golden trout, and most importantly - The Queen of Shadows. In order to have what he wants, Alice needs to defeat the Queen, fight a the wolf, and not let a philosophical trout confuse him. Moreover, Alice will have to remember how to forgive and remember how to love to get his family back, the girl of his dreams and closure at the loss of a friend. If he doesn’t, he not only loses the girl Dan, and his family, but he will lose his life as well.
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First things first, having your male MC named Alice is kind of confusing, Maybe I'd get used to it but if the love interest is a girl with a traditionally male name, I'm afraid I would mix them up easily.
You mention mom, but then not what the issues is, then you drop her utterly.
I need some clarification on the Sheriff.
Mushroom power is a weird phrase, very 70's (love power, flower power, etc)
Tell us a little about you, are you a student? a lawyer? a constructor? Something interesting about you will help the agent connect to you.
Furious at fate’s hand, Alice's makes some bad choices. His temper puts a local bully in the hospital, and his curiosity for drugs Why would the child of an addict whose best friend was mixed up enough with drugs to die in a raid be anything other than violently anti drug? leads him to take psychedelic mushrooms from The Mushroom Shop, an enterprise Alice’s dad came up with for selling drugs under the guise of selling clay mushrooms. I don't think addicts make good businessmen, maybe I'm wrong but that strikes me as bad for business.
Under a cloud of mushroom power, Alice jumps in a hole following not a rabbit, but a mushroom guy is this a guy who sells shrooms or is it an anthropomorphic shroom? who calls himself, Sheriff Budaroo. At landing, Alice finds himself in a place called, “The Land that Moves Backwards”. With the aid of a mosquito and a dose of something that tastes like prune juice, Alice can move forward to save his dad, win the heart of the girl he loves and possibly get over the tragic death of his best friend. We've lost mom here.
Blocking his path is a wolf, a talking golden trout, and most importantly - The Queen of Shadows. In order to have what he wants, Alice needs to defeat the Queen, fight a the wolf, and not let a philosophical trout confuse him. Moreover, Alice will have to remember how to forgive and remember how to love to get his family back, the girl of his dreams and closure at the loss of a friend. If he doesn’t, he not only loses the girl Dan, and his family, but he will lose his life as well.
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First things first, having your male MC named Alice is kind of confusing, Maybe I'd get used to it but if the love interest is a girl with a traditionally male name, I'm afraid I would mix them up easily.
You mention mom, but then not what the issues is, then you drop her utterly.
I need some clarification on the Sheriff.
Mushroom power is a weird phrase, very 70's (love power, flower power, etc)
Tell us a little about you, are you a student? a lawyer? a constructor? Something interesting about you will help the agent connect to you.
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