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Fran Orenstein

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Fran Orenstein

Raised in Brooklyn and Bronx, NY, Fran Orenstein, Ed.D. writes ‘tween and YA books, as well as novels and poetry for “grown up” folks. She is an award-winning poet and short story writer. Fran is also an experienced editor, and gives presentations and writing workshops at schools, libraries and conferences.
Her ‘tween mystery series, The Mystery Under Third Base and The Mystery of the Green Goblin, and Fat Girls From Outer Space a ‘tween novel on bullying and childhood obesity, published by SP (www.sleepytownpress.com)are available on Amazon.com.
Check out her two YA historical romance novels, The Spice Merchant’s Daughter (Whiskey Creek Press) and The Calling of the Flute (SP), which are available on Kindle and in paperback.
Her short stories are featured in anthologies such as Gallery Of Voices from (SP).
Gaia’s Gift (World Castle Publishing) is a novel for adults about a woman’s love, loss, guilt, deception and redemption.
The Book of Mysteries (World Castle Publishing) is a YA fantasy trilogy of novels in one volume.
Relections (SP), a book of poetry, follows many decades of a woman’s life from childhood to early elder years.
For more information, visit Fran’s World at http://www.franorenstein.weebly.com.

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The Spice Merchants Daughter

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The Spice Merchants Daughter

In 1685, Jean-Claude Dubois, son of a French spice merchant, escapes from the violence against Protestant Huguenots and sails to Prussia. Jean-Claude falls in love with Marie and they marry and have a daughter, Katy. At thirteen, fluent in French, Katy is sent away to be the companion of spoiled, aristocratic Charlotte to tutor her for a marriage into French nobility. Katy must accompany her to France, where she meets the blacksmith’s apprentice, Gilles. Their love appears doomed when the family takes her to Versailles for the wedding. They remain there for two years, while Charlotte’s lecherous brother Franz pursues Katy to become his mistress and, although terrified of him, Katy is powerless to help herself. Finally Katy and Gilles are reunited when the family returns, but Franz, enraged at Katy’s stubborn refusal, frames Gilles for attempted murder, sending the young couple fleeing for their lives across the French countryside.

Gaia’s Gift

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Gaia's Gift

Rachel Wells loses everything she cherishes in a brief summer storm off the coast of Florida. Haunted by the ghosts of her past, driven to the point of insanity by survivor’s guilt, Rachel turns her back on the world and retreats to a deserted island with her cat. Here she plans to live out her life in isolation, frozen behind an impenetrable veil of pain. That is, until she receives a gift from the sea that opens a slit in the veil and allows the world to intrude. Ignoring her conscience, Rachel learns too late that some gifts are not meant to be kept forever, and that forgiveness and redemption sometimes require sacrifice. The gods and spirits watch as the many layers of love unfold to reveal a complex finale.

The Mystery Under Third Base

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The Mystery Under Third Base

Eleven-year-old Willie, always the smartest kid in town, skips two grades, doesn’t have any friends, and spends his days reading in an abandoned old cellar. Suddenly, Huby appears out of nowhere. Who is this weird new boy who knows things he shouldn’t and might not be what he seems to be? Together they explore Willie’s favorite hideout where mysterious noises and dots of light could mean a ghost. When Willie wins a school contest with a proposal to build a baseball field, the project may fall apart because third base will be over Willie’s cellar hideout and whatever may be down there. With the help of new friends and the town witch, Willie’s resolution of the ghostly problem is The Mystery Under Third Base.