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I am a Christian, wife, mother and grandmother. I have recently retired and have a dream to write a novel.I have already written a children's story and I enjoy writing short stories.

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Jenny Young (Tier II Author)

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They Call Me Nothing
by Jenny Young

LUTHO dreamed of being a hero when he was a child but after his parents died, he lost his identity and became a nothing like the nickname his cousin, SIPHO, gave him. At fifteen Lutho is involved with a housebreaking gang. When 11 year old STELLA calls him a hero, his childhood dream resurfaces. He goes to a counselling centre run by a little church in the nearby white suburb and meets KAYE, a sixty year old woman who is battling issues of her own. Worlds apart, Lutho and Kaye are united by their common love of books and eventually are able to help each other find healing and purpose..

Chapter 1
Lutho

Coming to the church was probably a mistake. What if they know? What if they call the Police? I listen intently, ready to run. No gunshots, no running feet, only the uneven pounding of my heart. I feel exposed. For seven years I have been invisible, a nothing. Nobod...