She worries she’s not good enough to be published. Zoe says she read the rest of the book and she loves it.Īfter school, Natalie begins to have doubts. Natalie agrees and decides on Cassandra Day as her pen name. Natalie feels this would be lying, but Zoe argues that authors use pen names all the time.
Zoe suggests Natalie make up a pseudonym too, so Natalie can get her mom to look at the book without her mom knowing. Zoe tells Natalie about Ted Geisel, which is the real name of Dr. Zoe tells Natalie there’s still a way to get the book published without Natalie’s mom finding out about her identity. Natalie feels her mom would be biased about her own daughter’s work. Zoe suggests Natalie get her book published because Natalie’s mom works as an editor. Natalie uses the old office chair and computer that belonged to her father, who is deceased, as her writing station doing so helps her feel closer to him. Her parents read to her every night, and they helped foster her love for literature. Natalie’s love for reading and writing comes from her childhood. Natalie gives Zoe the rest of the finished chapters to read that afternoon after school.
After Zoe finishes the first two chapters, she tells Natalie that it’s good, and she wants to read more. Natalie’s mom told her how the company is looking for school stories, so Natalie figured she could write something like that. Natalie got the idea to write a story from her mother, Hannah, who works for a publishing company. She has written most of a story that she shows to her best friend and fellow sixth grader Zoe. Natalie Nelson is a sixth grader who loves to write.
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