Micki Bare's Books
“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller
“Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.” – Mary Schmich
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King
Looking for that discount ticket to portable magic that will help shape your young reader into a future leader? Here are some great options!
Coming May 2024
OMEGA CRAG
Zahra isn’t just any fairy. She’s The Convener who, at age 12, must bring together the Trilaterian—three special fairies who were born to save the future of scraebins. When ground-dwelling Rain Flowers throw her off track, jeopardize her life, and displace the Birkhead Wilderness Colony of scraebins—including her own family—she must find a way to reset the balance of nature with help from Sentinelia, other fairies, and her heart animals.
Set in the Birkhead Wilderness of the Uwharrie Mountains in central North Carolina, Omega Crag is the third book in the award-winning Zahra of the Uwharries series that chronicles Zahra’s unique and critical role in saving her species.
Middle-Grade Magical Realism
Level Elevate (Coming May 2024)
2023 AAUW NC Young People's Literature Award winner
Blind Fairy
Zahra, a scraebin about as tall as a wild dandelion, is summoned by her mentor fairy after cicadas emerge to lull her colony into a deep sleep. Zahra soon learns she is The Convener, a responsibility she doesn’t want. After accepting her destiny, a turtle with amethyst eyes leads her to a lone, blind scraebin born with the markings of a fairy. Together, Zahra and the blind fairy must save the local scraebin colonies. But 12-year-old Brant, a human, snatches the blind fairy! Meanwhile, Zahra suffers an injured wing and then a concussion. Are the obstacles too daunting to overcome?
Set in the Birkhead Wilderness of the Uwharrie Mountains in central North Carolina, Blind Fairy is the second book in the Zahra of the Uwharries series that chronicles Zahra’s unique and critical role in saving her species.
Middle-Grade Magical Realism
Level Elevate (May 18, 2023)
2022 AAUW NC Young People's Literature Award winner
2023 Green Earth Book Award long list nominee
Society of the Sentinelia
Zahra, a sprite-like tween no bigger than a loblolly pinecone, befriends an 11-year-old human on a quest to find her parents and sister. When a neighbor muddles their plans, kidnaps Zahra, and threatens her new friend, Zahra discovers unnerving truths about herself and her family.
Set in the Birkhead Wilderness of the Uwharrie Mountains in central North Carolina, Society of the Sentinelia is the first book in the Zahra of the Uwharries series that chronicles Zahra’s unique and critical role in saving her species.
Middle-Grade Magical Realism
Level Elevate (2022)
Writers Crushing
COVID-19
Bestselling and award-winning authors are among the contributors to this anthology of short stories and essays. Micki Bare was a contributing author ("For Philly," a YA short story) as well as assistant editor on the project. Contributing authors seek to inspire, provoke thought, enlighten the mind, and raise the spirits in a time of worldwide pandemic.
Anthology
Lightspeed Books (2020)
Thurston T. Turtle and the Precarious Puppy
In the third book of the Thurston T. Turtle series, Mr. Turtle finds himself being followed. Mr. Frogson and Mr. Bunnyton tell him his mind is playing tricks on him and he should get some rest. Mr. Possum is besieged by a naughty rascal who scatters his trash. The elusive creature turns out to be a floppy-eared, bigfooted puppy who captures hearts and needs a home and a name. The naming falls to Mr. Turtle’s students for that endearing project.
Early Reader Chapter Book
Jan-Carol Publishing (2012)
Thurston T. Turtle and the Legend of the Lemonade
In this follow-up to Thurston T. Turtle Moves to Hubbleville, our endearing newcomer is settling in when he notices everyone's homemade butter cookies and lemonade taste the same. However, stories of the recipes' origins are quite different. While Mr. Turtle's second grade class uncovers other similarities, it is the discovery of old letters, help from the scattered Mr. Possum, and a visit to an old family friend that converge to reveal the legend of the lemonade. And the butter cookies, too, of course!
Early Reader Chapter Book
Jan-Carol Publishing (2012)
Thurston T. Turtle Moves to Hubbleville
A charming tale of townspeople named for woodland creatures, who endear themselves to a newcomer to Hubbleville, Thurston T. Turtle. The town's quirky news reporter, Mr. Possum, is determined to get the scoop on the newest resident in town, but always seems to be one step behind.
Early Reader Chapter Book
Jan-Carol Publishing (2010)
