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The Lost Dispatch

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Vic’s sixth-grade class has joined adult re-enactors staging the October 8th, 1862, Battle of Perryville. That was the most important Civil War battle fought on Kentucky soil.

Vic needs the extra-credit she’s been promised, and the re-enactment beats spending a couple days with Granny Gladys and her yappy Chihuahua, Taco.

So grudgingly, Vic trades her iPod, cell phone, and TV for a kepi, wooden rifle, and bug-infested tent. She’s hot, itchy, and irritable, marching in a soldier’s ill-fitting boots. But at least it’s just for one weekend.

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Appearance Calendar

MSPR Radio Interview
Mason was interviewed by Chuck Mraz for MSPR's "Front Page" radio program. Click Here to listen to the audio. (Audio Coutesy of MSPR. ©2009 MSPR. All rights reserved.)

Saturday, November 7th
The authors will be signing and selling at the Kentucky Book Fair, Frankfort Convention Center, Frankfort, KY.

Saturday, December 5th
Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill. Marie and her sister, Rebecca Mitchell Turney, will have their premier book signing for the first book in their series set at Shaker Village in the 1830s. It's titled, Road To Pleasant Hill.
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