I’m proud to announce that my middle-grades novel *Just Maria *was released on Bookshare last week. (People have been asking . . .) If the title is unfamiliar to you,* Just Maria* is the story of Maria Romero, a blind sixth-grader who is trying her hardest to be normal. Not amazing. Not inspiring. Not helpless. Not weird. Just normal. Her task is complicated by glass eyes, rutabagas, rubber chickens, and a child gone missing on the streets of Marble City. As far as I know, it’s the only book whose climactic scene depends on the proper identification of a parallel traffic surge. *Just Maria *is available wherever books are sold, and is now on Bookshare too! Please help spread the word! You can learn more about the book at www.jayhardwig.com. Yours, Jay Hardwig, MA, COMS