![]() ![]() ![]() To me the book is over and above anything else, a celebration of friendship and the interesting and unique cast of characters that help a kid come to grips with losing a friend. “I think that it’s important to tell a story that people can relate to and this novel’s central issue is certainly one that will affect us all. ![]() “I wanted to create a story that really speaks to people,” says Clemens. ![]() Set in the fictitious and aptly named town of EdenGrove, the author shows us that life’s next path begins (or begins again) when we decide to take the journey. He is successful in striking that delicate balance between entertainment and moving rhetoric. Touching and at times laugh-out-loud- funny, the author craftily wields his words with the skill of a much more seasoned writer. In his debut novel entitled My Dying Wish, Clemens creatively weaves a compelling and heart-felt tale of a young man’s quest to fulfill his recently deceased friend’s fondest wish, while simultaneously searching his own soul for a way to relieve the guilt of things both spoken and unspoken. The new young-adult genre author delivers a fascinating story of love, loss and the search to find the underlying meaning of a friendship cut short. Eighteen-year-old Mike Clemens of Woodbury has published his first novel. ![]()
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