Selah's Bridge Small Hands, Big Change

What happens when an adult with a score to settle tries to build a fence between your neighborhood and your favorite park?
You try to build a bridge instead!
At least, that's what twelve-year-old Selah Johnson does in Selah's Bridge, a Middle Grade chapter book which explores overcoming adversity, mending broken friendships, and creating positive change through community action.
After Selah's best friend, Ami, falls off a slippery log that separates the two best friends' neighborhoods, Ami's father, Mr. Thrash, goes on a crusade to build a fence. Determined to protect his daughter from the "criminals" in Selah's neighborhood, he approaches the city council with plans to construct his fence.
But Selah is not about to lose her best friend and her favorite park. She creates a counter-proposal—one for building a bridge across the river that divides the two neighborhoods.
Navigating the occasionally frustrating twists and turns of local government, Selah attends city council meetings, draws up a petition, and rallies her neighbors to try and defeat Mr. Thrash's proposal.
Will Selah's community triumph against Mr. Thrash's wealth and influence? Will Selah mend the gulf that has formed between herself and Ami? It all hinges on the kindness and humanity of people.

Zion Singh Ponder (8) is proud to be the co-chairman of Story To Tell Books. Zion loves reading, writing, swimming, gymnastics, and performing. In addition to working on Selah's Bridge, he also spends his time on stage! During the summer of 2019 he performed in Mago De Oz in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and in the Fall of 2019 he was in Milwaukee Youth Theater's Aladdin and was the youngest member of Black Arts MKE 2019 Black Nativity cast. Zion also sang in the choir of the official "We are the World" remake. Zion believes that everybody is equal, and that should be reflected in our reality!Zephaniah Singh Ponder (12) is grateful that he is able to co-lead Story To Tell Books. He enjoyed writing, Selah's Bridge! Zephaniah also loves acting, reading, building, swimming, and traveling. In addition to running Story To Tell Books, he also has extensive theater credits. His work includes First Stage's Mockingbird; Judy Moody; and Nate the Great, and starring in Snowy Day; Black Arts MKE's Black Nativity (2016-2019), starring in Aladdin with Milwaukee Youth Theatre, and voice-over in the award-winning documentary "The Point Is". Zephaniah believes that everyone has good inside of themselves, it just takes work to find it!