NOTE: CURRENTLY UNDERGOING REVISION!
Twilight Eventide is a 15 year old girl who has a temper, a bad temper. That's where she got her name, Tempest. She is a real good fighter and can take care of herself pretty well. When she was 5, her parents were taken away and murdered, therefore she had to run away and ended up in Manhattan, for everyone thought she was the one that did it. Jack Kelly, who became her unofficial brother, took her in after a few years and brought her up to fight and sell papers. She has no need to dress up as a boy, being herself is much more intimidating. Tempest cannot do anything and thinks there should be more excitement in her boring dull New York life.
Spot is the feared newsie leader from Brooklyn. He is known as a big womanizer, but he hasn't found "the one" yet. Right now he is with a girl named Livia, a greedy shirtwaist factory girl. He is a pretty good leader for Brooklyn, his cane that he stole from Pulitzer and his slingshot are his main weapons. Being intimidating has always been his way to get people to do what he wants, but it doesn't work on Tempest, not one bit.
As they meet, will these two powerful newsies clash? Or will they be able to tolerate each other, at least until the end of the strike?
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Meet Clara Johansson: brave, independent, and clever. She's been a Manhattan newsie ever since her parents died when she was young, going by the name Red (for her naturally red hair). So what if she's the only girl in the group? The newsies are great, and she loves selling papes with them.
But when greedy Joseph Pulitzer raises the newsie's buying price from 50Β’ per hundred to 60Β’ per hundred, the newsies are outraged. There's only one thing left to do...go on strike! When Red tags along with Jack, Davey, and Boots to ask the notorious Spot Conlon if he wants to join their strike, her life unfolds into an adventure she'd never thought she'd have.
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Highest Rankings!
#3 in Spot Conlon (September 27th, 2024)
#1 in Chapter Book (October 18th, 2024)
#15 in Broadway (June 3rd, 2024)
#1 in Newsies (OH MY GOSH WHAT) (February 3rd, 2025)