Alex got run over by a beer keg while visiting his grandparents. Fiction, of course, but for any normal child suddenly disfigured the fight to accept and create a new kind of order in his or her world is real. All kids need heroes and unwittingly Alex becomes one to his family and friends. read more

Chapter One: How Alex Got a New Shape

Dear reader. The day began like any ordinary summer day; but before the day was over, it would be the most unusual. On this Saturday, Alex Edward B. was spending time with his grandparents, Grand and Pops on Whidbey Island in Washington State.

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Ms Brettmann grew up with an older brother surrounded by boys from the neighborhood where she was raised by her father, a scientist, with whom she spent hours talking about his work and evolution. After graduating from Northwestern University she and her husband moved to Seattle. They raised two sons and were both active in soccer and a Boy Scout troop.

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