Treeple

Christian Young Adult Fantasy – Contemporary Urban Legend Retelling

“Diana prayed for God to send her a friend to be the hands and feet of Jesus…but instead, God sent her a Bigfoot.”

Set in the Northwoods of Minnesota, this book explores what if the sightings of “Bigfoot” are oversized humans who are descendants of Goliath and live hidden in our state and national forests.

Status: Manuscript Complete and Querying agents and publishers

Length: 90,000 words / 40 chapters / Series Potential (outline is available)

Target Market: Christian Young Adult Females, ages 12-18+

Details: Two POV, Urban Legend Retelling with ties to David and Goliath

Accolades: 2024 Realm Makers Aurora Contest Semi-Finalist, 2022 ACFW First Impressions Finalist, 2022 Cascade Christian Writers Finalist, 2021 ACFW Virginia Crown Awards Finalist.

Back Cover Blurb:

The Northwoods of Minnesota boasts it’s the “The Home of Bigfoot.” However, in Diana Warden’s lonely world, nothing is worse than the monsters she deals with in the high school hallways. She is also haunted by the memories of her brother’s mysterious accident that left him paralyzed. She would do anything to forget.

When Diana rides her horse deep into the forest behind her home, she finds herself under the attack of a mountain lion. Out of thin air, a gargantuan boy appears and rescues her. The gigantic nomad is seriously injured, but he refuses to allow Diana to call for help. He demands she keep his existence a secret—to protect his people from the hunters that track their every move.

As their friendship grows, he peels back the secrets surrounding his people and their long, perilous history. Diana works tirelessly to save her new “Bigfoot friend,” but she soon discovers they share an interwoven history that now entangles their future.

Diana isn’t supposed to know the Treeple exist, but she quickly discovers they don’t make exceptions.