Starving for Love

Starving for LoveBy: T. C. Littles Best friends since the sandbox, Yoshi, Bird, and Shayla are all fighting demons from their childhood while navigating young adulthood. Abandoned by her mother as a child, Shayla grew up with a hole in her heart that was full of doubt, depression, and pain. With a drug addicted father and a brother who can only hustle backward, she specializes in living rough and settling for struggle. All she has are her best friends, Bird and Yoshi,

flutter the butterflies and even glide the penguins

She vows to clear Macdara’s name

the Heart-Shaped Herb is essential to the survival and prosperity of Wakanda

she discovers a power she never knew was there

stars and black holes in The Astronomy Book

If there's hope for restoring peace

the fat cat never shies away from a day of play

the island’s atmosphere is full of shadows

’ – Catherine Doyle

作者透過生氣蓬勃、溫柔敦厚的筆觸，細膩描繪花園裡的一草一木、一景一物，賦予看似簡單卻活得不簡單的故事主角亨利可愛俏皮的模樣、生動活潑的姿態動作，以及或垂頭喪氣或滿懷希望的豐富神情。在情節安排上，發掘出各種潛能、接納自身「缺陷」的亨利，並未因此像「超級英雄」般變得「無所不能」，可是他不畏於開口求助，也總會有善意的幫手出現；同時，他的勇氣和力量，也激發了周遭其他動物去嘗試與挑戰，於是在這座花園裡，這個微觀的社會中，亨利還有其他的蝸牛和蛞蝓們，都是不折不扣的「英雄」！

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and forgiveness as they work unflinchingly to face the truth