Now that I’ve committed to pitching Calico Circus to agents in November, I am busy gathering all the stuff I’ll need. Not the least of which is courage.
Let me tell you a little about Calico Circus. Here are some pitches I’ve come up with;
- Title; Calico Circus. Middle Grade Fantasy. 52k words.
- Setting; Appalachian mountains. Contemporary
- Protagonist; Addy; eleven years old. Sings with water sprites and dreams of flying.
- Conflict; Joseph, her father, arrives and asks her help to reclaim their home. She must battle the two dragons who have stolen their home
- Resolution; Dragons defeated with sprites help. Addy chooses to live with Joseph in their reclaimed home.
Eleven year old Addy never felt like she belonged to the family she lived with. This is driven home to her when Joseph Drake arrives in her back woods mountain home and claims her as his daughter. It all makes sense; Addy’s dreams of flying, her ability to speak to the little people of the forest and sing with water sprites is explained. Together they join forces to reclaim the home they were forced out of when Addy was young. A home she doesn’t remember and now claimed by dragons.
Calico Circus, middle grade fantasy at 52k words, is set in the Appalachian Mountains, where mythology sometimes mixes with every day life.
Eleven year old Addy doesn’t believe she belongs to her family. She dreams about flying, talks to the Little People of the Forest, and sings with Water Sprites. One day a mysterious man with a multicolored coat stops her and her sister near their back woods mountain home. Addy’s feeling of not belonging suddenly makes sense; he has been in her dreams, especially the ones of flying. Joseph’s arrival brings meaning to her life.
Joseph tells Addy she is his daughter and enlists her help, their home was stolen long ago and now she is old enough to help retake it. He leaves out a crucial piece of information though. It was a dragon who stole their home and this dragon knows they are coming to reclaim it.