The quirky but lovable dynamic of the town is entrancing. The main characters are real and relatable, while the supporting cast is loaded with peculiar individuals who will quickly become reader’s favorites. As she works to discover the truth about her past, Jennifer begins a new story that will forever change her future. This means doing the impossible - getting her suffering mother to come home to Maine. He is pulled to provide for his struggling family and to set aside his own life for their sake.ĭrawn into a life she didn’t expect, Jennifer feels pressured to bring all the loose ends back together. While living on a scenic cove, Jennifer meets Nathan Moore, an eccentric boy genius surrounded by women who depend on him to be father, son, brother and friend. However, while thumbing through an old book she stumbles on a secret that crushes her trust in family and home.Ĭompelled to find the truth, she plunges head long into a unique adventure in small-town coastal Maine.
In the book, Jennifer, a 16-year-old only child living in Nebraska, is perfectly content with her happily ordinary life. “I wanted a narrator who was both real and virtuous.” “I wrote ‘On Little Wings’ because I felt like there were very few young adult books that dealt with the real emotions of first love without wallowing in the mire,” Sirois said. “On Little Wings” was even ranked the seventh best-selling literary fiction book on Kindle. "Winning the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award has been one of the most shocking and incredible experiences," Sirois said in an email.įor Sirois, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and mother of two who currently lives in the Olathe Kansas Stake, the reward has been worth the struggle.
From more than 5,000 entries, her work, “On Little Wings,” was announced in June as the ABNA winner for young adult fiction.
Sirois’ husband pushed her to just send her book in. When Regina Sirois first climbed onto the “new author” bandwagon, she had to fight to get her book into the public eye.Įven then, she waffled about entering the 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.
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