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A Reason To Forget: Training Games is a heart-pounding mystery/suspense story of one girl's love for her grandfather and how his secrets might get her killed. Twelve-year-old Jazz Taylor has a special bond with her grandfather, made even more special by the mysterious games he creates just for them. After doctors diagnose Grandpa with a form of Alzheimer's, he warns Jazz never to forget her training. But she has no idea what he means. Jazz's desperation blinds her to the reality of this incurable disease, but she is determined to save him. Her best friend, Blossom Roundtree, an eccentric, lacto-ovo vegetarian Wiccan-Methodist, refuses to let Jazz struggle alone. When her parents ship her off to camp, she experiences terrifying events, heralded by an encounter with a sinister hitchhiker. But no adult believes her. Blossom tries to help, and their new friend, the genius boy, Davy Heaton, lends his analytical brain to the fight. But on one fateful day, the sinister man attacks. Jazz and Blossom flee the camp, running for their lives. Will the mysterious training she learned from Grandpa save her and her best friends, or will their deaths conceal Grandpa's secrets forever?

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"""A deeply resonating novel set in a vivid South, richly filled with quirky characters, high stakes, and family. Giles has written a lovely story full of heart. I fell in love with her characters on the very first page."" - Carrie Jones, New York Times internationally best-selling author of the Need series (YA), After Obsession, and In The Woods ""[...] A tremendous amount of tension infused on every page."" - Jackie Lee Miles, author of the Divorcing Dwayne series, Cold Rock River, Roseflower Creek, and All That's True"

A deeply resonating novel set in a vivid South, richly filled with quirky characters, high stakes, and family. Giles has written a lovely story full of heart. I fell in love with her characters on the very first page. - Carrie Jones, New York Times internationally best-selling author of the Need series (YA), After Obsession, and In The Woods [...] A tremendous amount of tension infused on every page. - Jackie Lee Miles, author of the Divorcing Dwayne series, Cold Rock River, Roseflower Creek, and All That's True

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C. L. Giles is the author of the upper middle-grade/YA mystery/suspense Firestorm series. Her first full-length novel, A Reason To Forget: Training Games, was nominated for the Dixie Lee Connor Award for Exceptional Children's Writing and is followed by the second in the series, A Reason To Bury: Blood, Guts, and Secrets. Cindy began writing for her students in the middle school gifted program and published her first short story, Stolen Pride, after winning an online writing contest. Her protagonists exemplify the fighting spirit in all ordinary heroes and the extraordinary ability they cultivate to overcome insurmountable problems. Born and raised in Georgia, Cindy and her husband, George, now call Clarksville, Tennessee home. They have four children and three grandchildren. Cindy's favorite activities are walking outside in the bright sunshine, reading, writing, and going out for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. (Cindy hates cooking!) Depending on the day and the mood, she enjoys solitude in crowds, brownies after exercise, and learning new things every day. Yes, it's a strange world, but somebody must live in it. Visit her website at www.clgiles.com.

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