Blurb:
Excerpt:
A big gust of wind rocked the van and flung Jodie
hard against Joe. He pushed her off.
“Joe, it’s me, Jodie! Wake up, wake up!”
“Jodie, is that you?” He threw his arms around her
and buried his head in her chest.
She brushed his hair back from his sweating face.
“Take it easy, Joe. Take deep breaths. It’s okay. It’s
going to be okay.”
He stopped shaking and pulled back from her.
“What’s happening?”
“It’s the cyclone. Don’t you remember?”
Another huge gust shook the van and sent Jodie
sprawling on Joe’s bunk and into the wall. “Ow, that
hurt!” She picked herself up and rubbed her head.
The van rocked violently again. Joe and Jodie
grabbed for handholds.
“Quick, come into my bed with me, Joe. It will be
safer there.” Tripping and feeling their way along the
wall, the two made their way to the double bed and
clambered in.
Her breathing coming in short spasms, she lay on
her back and took deep breaths. The storm whined and
screeched about her, and the roof creaked and scraped.
“Oh, my god, the roof’s going to take off any minute!”
Joe’s arms enveloped her. “Hush, everything will
be all right. But will you be okay if we have to make a
run for it?”
“Yes.” She let out a sob. “But I like our chances
better in here than out there.”
Joe kissed her forehead. He pulled her closer and
they lay locked against each other while the storm
raged around them.
Author Bio:
Meryl Brown Tobin is an Australian writer who has published 22 books, including a novel, travel book, educational puzzle books and poetry books, and hundreds of poems, puzzles, short stories, articles, cartoons and comic strips. A guest on Australia’s Ch7’s children’s TV program The Book Place, she and a presenter read her children’s picture storybook LEFTY.
Apart from family and home, her interests include travel, bushwalking, conservation, current affairs and social justice issues. The Tasmanian Tiger fascinates her, and she’d love to prove it is not extinct.
