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    Power Play
    Power Play
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    Power Play

    By M.E. Sutton

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    All Jaycee Hiller wants to do is survive eighth grade. Mostly that means hanging with her friend, Stu, avoiding the cheerleading squad, secretly crushing on Nate Fletcher, and playing her favorite video game, Hero’s Sword.

    When she receives a new video game controller, Jaycee finds herself magically transported into the Hero’s Sword video game world. Survival takes on a whole new meaning. No longer battling with a plastic joystick, Jaycee picks up a real sword and bow & arrow and readies herself for battle.

    Can she save Lady Starla’s rule in Mallory, keep herself in one piece, and maybe even learn something about surviving middle school?

    All tweens, especially reluctant readers, will enjoy traveling with Jaycee in her fantasy adventures as she learns life skills needed to navigate the world of middle-school.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherM.E. Sutton
    Release dateSep 22, 2015
    ISBN9781310828577
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    M.E. Sutton

    Mary has been making up stories, and creating her own endings for other people's stories, for as long as she can remember. After ten years, she decided that making things up was far more satisfying than writing software manuals, and took the jump into fiction. She writes the HERO'S SWORD middle-grade fantasy series as M.E. Sutton and finds a lot of inspiration in the lives of her own kids. A lifelong mystery fan, she also writes crime fiction, including THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS MYSTERIES, under the pen name Liz Milliron. Her short fiction has been published at Uppagus.com, Mystericale.com, and in LUCKY CHARMS: 12 CRIME TALES (December 2013). Like her LAUREL HIGHLANDS characters, Mary lives in Southwestern PA (but, unfortunately, she doesn't have a dog). She is a member of Sisters in Crime. Visit her on the web at http://marysuttonauthor.com and follow her on Twitter (@mary_sutton73).

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      Power Play - M.E. Sutton

      POWER PLAY

      Hero’s Sword Vol. 1

      by M.E. Sutton

      Smashwords edition

      Also available in print

      Copyright 2015 Mary Sutton

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Other titles by M.E. Sutton:

      Storm Clouds

      Wedding Bliss

      Snake in the Grass

      Fire Storm

      Contents

      CHAPTER ONE

      CHAPTER TWO

      CHAPTER THREE

      CHAPTER FOUR

      CHAPTER FIVE

      CHAPTER SIX

      CHAPTER SEVEN

      CHAPTER EIGHT

      CHAPTER NINE

      CHAPTER TEN

      CHAPTER ELEVEN

      About the author

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      CHAPTER ONE

      This day should have been over fifteen minutes ago.

      I stared at the clock, willing it to go faster. But the more I stared, the more I feared it had completely stopped. The temperature in my history classroom grew hotter and hotter, and my teacher, Mrs. Blechenstein, sounded like my mom’s vacuum the day my shoelace got stuck in it.

      I suppose I should introduce myself. My name is Jaycee Hiller. I’m thirteen years old and an eighth-grader at Tanner Middle School. I usually don’t mind school, unlike most Tanner kids, but today I just wanted to get home. Today was the day it was supposed to come.

      My friend, Stu Porter, poked me in the back. Mrs. Blechenstein had asked me a question. I’m sorry, can you repeat that? I asked.

      Some of the kids giggled. I focused on the teacher and tried to ignore them. Kids were always giggling at me, or pointing, or something. See, I’m not what you would call popular. In fact, I’m pretty much the opposite, but I’ve learned to deal with it.

      Mrs. Blechenstein huffed. Pay attention, Jaycee. I asked what countries fought with the United States in World War I?

      Uh, that would be- Thankfully, the bell rang saving me the effort of remembering countries from a war fought long before anyone I knew was born. I bolted for the door before anyone could call me back.

      Wow, that was close. What were you thinking about anyway? Stu leaned against the lockers. He’s a little weird looking—one of the tallest kids in the eighth grade with hair that would burst into flames if it was any redder and more freckles than any human being should have. Like me, he’s not one of the popular kids, but he’s got a wicked sense of humor, so he just makes fun of everything.

      It’s supposed to come today, I said, fiddling with my locker combination. The load of books in my left hand made it a little awkward. It was a new controller for my favorite video game, Hero's Sword. The Controllix 500, with precision joystick motion and five-button control. It’s awesome. See, aside from my cat, playing Hero's Sword was my favorite thing in the world. It’s this game where you build an estate, and trade or fight with other estates. My avatar, Lyla Stormbringer, is so cool. She’s beautiful, strong, and clever. You know, all those things that I’m not. Plus about five years older than me, so no one treats her like a kid.

      Stu whistled. Sweet! You gonna to be on later? Stu plays Hero's Sword too.

      I nodded. As soon as I can.

      Someone shoved me from behind and I fell to my knees, books flying everywhere.

      Watch where you’re going, dorkface.

      I looked up to see Trina Poppelman walking by with two of her cheerleader buddies. Trina is head cheerleader and the popular kid. I blew a strand of hair out of my face and mumbled under my breath.

      Hey look, it’s Tweedledum, Tweedledumber, Tweedledumbest and, oh shoot, there are four of you. I can’t use ‘dumbester’ now can I? Stu called after them. Trina and her gang kept walking. Everybody knows not to get into a word-war with Stu, even the stupid cheerleaders.

      I kept picking up my books. Hey, you need any help? someone above me said.

      I looked up, ready to say no thanks, but it was Nate Fletcher. My voice clearly had followed the cheerleaders because I couldn’t talk. I’ve had a crush on Nate for, oh, forever. He’s got this great hair that flops just right over his forehead, brown eyes the color of a Hershey chocolate bar, and a killer smile. He’s a swimmer, so he’s kind of the skinny side. He’s the nicest popular kid I know. Stu doesn’t know what I see in him.

      I stood up, brushed dust off the knees of my jeans and tucked in my T-shirt a little more. Thanks, I said, reaching out for my book.

      No problem. Nate handed back the book, smiled at me, then walked off. Beside me, Stu sighed.

      I turned back to my locker. What’s your problem? He’s a nice guy.

      Mr. Look-at-me-I’m-a-swimmer, a nice guy?

      I slammed my locker. Whatever. Are you going to be playing after school?

      We headed over to Stu’s locker. No such luck, he said. I’ve got to go to my grandmother’s birthday party. One look at Stu’s puckered face told me what he thought of that.

      I patted him on the back. Well, I’ll be on again after dinner, I said. Especially if that controller is here. So look for me, ‘kay? Stu nodded and I headed for the doors. Normally, I’d have waited for him, but not today.

      I needed to get home now and check the mail.

      Mom, I’m home. Did the mail come? I threw my backpack on the floor and sprinted to the mailbox. It was empty. I ran to the kitchen, where I knew I would find my mother. The smell of fresh peanut butter cookies would have pulled me there even if I weren’t interested in the mail.

      I reached for a cookie and Mom tapped my hand with a wooden spoon. Too warm, she said. Leave them until Dad comes home. How was school?

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