A Ginkgo Tree

by David J. Wighton

Overview

In the Cosmos environment, Winnie saves young girls on Planet WZ3B from SCUM, Justice prosecutes the president of Dimple Sprocket for trade crimes, and a teenager named Spiffy tries to rescue her mother from certain death. On Earth, Will and Emily take on the generalissimo of an army of child soldiers, Maddy gets help choosing between baseball and basketball, and Winnie marries Galahad.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940165885846
Publisher:	David J. Wighton
Publication date:	06/28/2022
Series:	Wilizy , #42
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	172,458
File size:	622 KB
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

David Wighton is a retired educator who enjoys writing youth novels when he's not on a basketball court coaching middle-school girls. The books in his Wilizy series peek at how people lived after the word's governments collapsed in the chaos that followed the catastrophic rise in ocean levels and the disappearance of the world's last deposits of oil. Luckily today, in the 2080s, the citizens of Alberta are safe because their It's Only Fair society uses brain-bands to zap people whenever they break a rule. That way, all children grow up knowing the difference between right and wrong. Unfortunately, they're also taught that women's ankles need to be covered so that men can't see them and turn into perverts. Plus, no-one in Alberta can have babies any more because the government manufactures them in a way that ensures that no child has an unfair advantage over any other child. All of this makes sense to Alberta's dictator, but not to Will and Izzy – two teenagers who are decidedly different from everyone else.

Wighton's novels have strong teenage characters driving the plot and facing challenges that, in many respects, are no different from what teenagers face today. His novels are intended to entertain and readers will find adventure, romance, suspense, humour, a strong focus on family, plus a touch of whimsy. Wighton also writes to provoke a little thought about life in today's societies and what the future might bring. Teachers may find the series useful in the classroom and the novels are priced with that intent in mind.