KING BEATRICE is a coming-to-age novella that's after your heart! Alex is a young boy interested in his experiments, his dog, family, and little else. He lives a life of seclusion until the day his dog leads him on a wild goose chase through the forest and he comes across Beatrice, a crazy girl with leaves in her hair and the fierce belief that she is a king. After many attempts of trying to avoid Beatrice, Alex realizes he's stuck with her. As the years continue and a true friendship grows, he finds that perhaps she isn't so bad, even if she constantly bests him in their duels. But life isn't so simple, as the real world-a world of bullies and death and temptation-invades their make-believe, will it be too much for Beatrice? Will Alex make it to her in time?