Praise
for Good Deeds Society
“Good
Deeds Society is Susan Smith Nash's
first book for young adults and is also
her first mystery novel. I like the
detail she uses in character
descriptions and the
fascinating plot development
containing many twists and
adventures. Though this book is
ideal for intelligent teens, I would
recommend it for any reader of good
fiction. It is a pleasant,
light-hearted departure
from her more serious works.
I can easily see this piece as the
first installment of
a series based on the main
character who is depicted
as introspective,
yet compassionate. She's
a little out of place in high
school, but manages to form
solid friendships after
finding herself in the middle
of unexpected situations. Her
family life is strange, but
one can't help but like her
precocious tech-savvy brother
and a mother who has some
difficulty dealing
with the reality of domestic
life after being a child
TV-sitcom star (with stalker
fans). This book is funny
and poignant.”
—Seth Lynch, Amazon
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After a
terrible mix-up with a paintball gun and a
backpack leading to fears of school
violence, 15-year-old Kithie is asked to
head up a Good Deeds Society at her school.
She teams up with her 10-year-old brother, a
computer genius with video games and
ringtones. In the meantime, Kithie tries to
solve the mystery of what happened to Gus’s
dad, and who is stalking her mom, the former
child star of a tv show featuring a family
of vampires. A pop star dogged by tabloids,
a tarantula-loving soccer star, a frisky
hamster, and an unusual principal figure
into the mix. In the meantime, Kithie
confronts her own sense of loss and the
chaos that is her family.
Find out about
the Good Deeds: Focus on Earth Sister
Schools program with Slovenian schools at www.gooddeedssociety.com.
Susan
Smith Nash examines
poetics and the convergences of
text, media, and culture in recent
articles published in Big
Bridge, Gargoyle,
Talisman, Golden
Handcuffs Review, and World
Literature Today. She
functions as managing editor for
Texture Press, and maintains an
edublog, www.elearningqueen.com
where she is assistant to the
faithful Corgi, the Queen. Her
column, “The Psychic Sponge’s
Guide to Zeitgeistland” is a
regular feature on Press
1. She lives in
Norman, Oklahoma.
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