Patch of Snow

This story follows sixteen year old Elyse "Snow" Oliviana Harter, raised in the primarily black part of Saint Petersburg Michigan, brought up by her father from birth as she was born illegitimately. All was well in her life, until her father was thrown into prison for a crime he had nothing to do with, and she's sent to her estranged mother's home on "C.E.O Street." Snow is forced to adapt to living with a full house, a mother, a step father and two step brothers.

Her mother lives a life of comfort, happy living inside the bubble that the rich district provides. Snow's nothing like her, she prefers adventure and would rather not know when her next meal is going to be than know that it's going to be the same thing at the same time for the rest of her life.

Her sense of adventure only seems to get her in more trouble in her new home though. She's forced to go to a private school where she just doesn't fit in, where's she'd be considered the lowest of all if her skin tone matched those of all of her friends in her previous life. The school only has a small population of "racially diverse" students to make the brochures look good.

Her frequent visits with her father only leave her with more questions and more determination to emancipate him. But that proves more difficult after more family secrets are revealed and everything she's believed is disproven. Conversations with more estranged relatives leave her with more questions than answers and a big decision to make.

In between all of this Snow balances archery, new friends, a new boyfriend, a school musical and her old life threatening to destroy what little happiness she's found. How will she manage to achieve all of her goals AND stay out of trouble? Well I guess you'll have to read and find out.

(All pictures of "Snow" are pictures of Krystal Glynn found online, not taken or owned by me.)