DEVIL OF THE DUNES & TEACH AND REACH BY AUTHOR WENDY BYARD
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Wendy Byard
AUTHOR OF
TEACH AND REACH FOR CLASSROOM MIRACLES
&
DEVIL OF THE DUNES
He's come for revenge
"GRIPPING!"
- Kacie Watt
DEVIL OF THE DUNES
TEACH & REACH FOR CLASSROOM MIRACLES
TEACH & REACH FOR CLASSROOM MIRACLES
SOME SAY DYING WELL IS THE BEST REVENGE
When did you last read a crime thriller set along atmospheric Lake Michigan? One focused on a genius-level, 18-year-old budding female scientist who, under a midnight moon, vanishes from the dunes one night just steps away from the Great Lake’s dark waters? Probably never.
Devil of the Dunes is not your ordinary crime fiction. First, it's set in what Good Morning America called "the most beautiful place in America." The story’s locale features the soaring cliffs of Empire, the towering dunes of Sleeping Bear, shimmering waters, sugar sand beaches, picturesque coastal towns like historic Fishtown Leland and Harbor Cove, and the islands of Mackinac and Manitou. Second, in this twisty tale with a truly surprise ending, the victim is not the predictable female. Unlike most crime fiction in which victims are nameless, faceless, female afterthoughts, the ‘victim' in Devil of the Dunes is the calm, cool, and collected Cadie McLeod. In this story, the crimson haired Cadie is more valiant than victim.
Named Carolyn (and nicknamed Cadie) after Carolyn Keene, ‘author’ of the Nancy Drew Series, the protagonist is an exceptional high school senior and track star with an IQ of 160 and a singular goal: to become a forensic scientist to solve her parents’ hit and run murder. Then, Cadie disappears on the anniversary of the very night they were killed.
Six years ago, Thomas and Aileen McLeod, happy and in love, walked hand in hand down Michigan’s coastal highway M22 headed for Frosty Bar. Minutes into their walk, they were run down in cold blood. Their killer never captured. Now, years later, their daughter Cadie vanishes from an end-of-school bonfire the same night. She waves goodbye to drunken classmates huddled around the fire’s embers, enters the isolated, windswept dunes, and, like a Great Lake breeze racing across the shore, in seconds she’s gone.
The tale concludes off North Manitou Island in a raging Lake Michigan storm. On the sea-tossed mini yacht Best Revenge, a fight to the death reveals all. The killer of Thomas and Aileen and the captor of Cadie is brought to light and his dark motivations exposed. Only then do we learn the true identity of The Weirdo.
Is there a connection between Cadie's disappearance and her parents' murders? Will the mystery of their deaths finally be revealed? Will Cadie escape? Survive? Read Devil of the Dunes to find out!
TEACH & REACH FOR CLASSROOM MIRACLES
TEACH & REACH FOR CLASSROOM MIRACLES
TEACH & REACH FOR CLASSROOM MIRACLES
TEACH AND REACH FOR CLASSROOM MIRACLES
aims to convince teachers and leaders that love is the key to miracle-filled classrooms. When Wendy Byard first began teaching, like many instructors she thought all her students needed was a good lesson plan and an educated, well-intentioned teacher. However, on her "Journey to Love," Byard realized that what every student truly seeks from a teacher love as expressed in its many forms: kindness, humility, generosity, and compassion, among others.
What are the results of classroom love? Students who find acceptance, confidence, belief, passion, self-love, and love for others - truly miraculous results!
Teach and Reach for Classroom Miracles! chronicles Wendy's personal journey and shares classroom stories as well as the most compelling evidence of all for her view: excerpts from hundreds of student letters she's collected. The book's second section, "12 Love Lessons for Teachers," provides educators with concrete ways of expressing love and the means to create a more loving, miraculous classroom environment.
Byard's inspiring, challenging message can change lives. So start loving your students today! Reach for a miracle!
"This book will compel teachers to question how they teach and inspire them to approach their calling from a higher level."
- Shirley A. Harris, Psy.D., School Psychologist