eBook Giveaway: PURE TRASH gives readers a fresh, first-hand perspective on bullying

BANGOR, Maine - Feb. 7, 2016 - PRLog -- "Pure Trash is unlike any story I've read. At first, it reads like a memoir from Reminisce Magazine, but as the story unfolds, I connected with the characters at a deep level. The author explores prejudice, class division, alcoholism, poverty, injustice, and bullying. It's a story all audiences over the age of ten can enjoy. While reading this story, the reader will experience the joy of a carefree Saturday and the blistering pain of feeling not quite good enough." — Tricia Drammeh, AuthorsToWatch

DESCRIPTION: Nine-year-old Shawn Daniels is ready to embark on a Saturday adventure with his younger brother Willie. They're off to search for trash to turn into treasure. It's going to be a great day. Shawn is sure of it. No school and no bullies to remind him that he's not one of the crowd.

PURE TRASH (FREE eBook FEBRUARY 7^th-10^th) is a short story about bullies and what it’s like to be bullied. It may redefine your concept of bullying. If you were a child who was thought of as “different” in some way, you know what bullying is about: torment, persecution, intimidation, to name a few of its descriptors. For Shawn and Willie, their difference was based upon the social status of the dysfunctional family and the alcoholism and abject poverty in which they grew up. This short story is a prequel to Stevens’s debut novel DOG BONE SOUP, which is available for only 99 cents from FEBRUARY 7th-14th.

Bette A. Stevens is a retired teacher living in Central Maine. Stevens is the author/illustrator of two children's books and has written articles for ECHOES, The Northern Maine Journal of Rural Culture based in Caribou, Maine. Her latest release entitled PURE TRASH, The Story for the Middle-grade/YA/Adult audience is a prequel to her debut novel, DOG BONE SOUP,  a coming-of-age story featuring Shawn Daniels, the short story’s protagonist. Find out more about the author and purchase her books at http://www.Amazon.com/author/betteastevens