When her children were young and the electricity winked out, Kai Strand gathered her family around the fireplace and they told stories, one sentence at a time. Her boys were rather fond of the ending, "And then everybody died, the end." Now an award-winning children's author, Kai crafts fiction for kids and teens to provide an escape hatch from their reality. With a selection of novels for young adult and middle-grade readers and short stories for younger children, Kai entertains children of all ages, and their adults. Visit Kai's website, www.kaistrand.com, to browse her books, download compa...