James Eldridge

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“Pueo 'Aumakua” by James Eldridge

Submitted to Contest #171

Donna reached into her bag and grabbed the binoculars. Can I even call them that? She thought to herself. They were the perfect birthday gift from her brother who was a Captain in the Army and deployed to Afghanistan. She felt her throat thicken as she pulled the $13,000 Armasight PVS-31 carefully out of the pouch. She remembered being a little girl and Lexington making it a priority to point out beauty to his little sister wherever he saw it.  “Donna, life is very short. If you don’t appreciate little moments like the silhouette of th...

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Children’s book author James Eldridge and his illustrator brother Richard Eldridge were raised in Hawaii and were inspired to bring the beauty and mythology of their homeland to young readers with their middle-grade fantasy novel, Islanders, the first installment in The Pacific Chronicles series. James is married to the lovely, real-life Kilikina and together they have four children.