Nineteen Hundred Days

by Florence Osmund

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When twelve-year-old Ben’s parents don’t come home from work one day, he doesn’t know what to think—they’ve shown lack of responsibility before, but nothing like this. His six-year-old sister Lucy is more scared than he is and clings to him for support. Unwittingly fearful of the police and Child Protective Services, the children don’t want to end up in foster homes and will do anything to avoid being separated. Their journey—fraught with obstacles and people who may not have their best interests at heart—plays a significant role in building Ben’s character and eventually determining his fate.

A Word from the Author

It typically takes me five months to complete the first draft of a book. Nineteen Hundred Days took me five weeks. I can’t explain it—the ideas formed in my head faster than I could capture them into a computer file. I try to challenge myself with each new book—this one I told in retrospective narrative. Not an easy task I quickly discovered. The main character in this book is a thirty-five-year-old man narrating a story (in first person, past tense) about himself when he was twelve. I think I pulled it off, but I know that you (the reader) will make that judgement for yourself.