The Adventures of String Bean Pork Chop & Lil Mighty

Book excerpt: Stringbean Porkchop and Lil Mighty is the first in a series of stories about three kids—seven, eight, and nine years old—growing up in Sacramento, California, in 1983. Kids just being good kids. Innocence is starting to grow up, and so is the crew. The skills, family values, and teachings of being true to yourself, family, friends, and others will come into play in some critical moments, helping Ms. Harper and Mr. Lewis and stretching the imagination. The crew’s mettle, mental capacity, honor, courage, and commitment will be tested, measured, and weighed. They come through it, gain more knowledge and experience, and come into their own as individuals and as people of the world. The future is growing in the first book in the series. Enjoy the story. There’s more to come.