The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle

Do you believe in impossible things? Cutie Grackle does. She has to. Otherwise,sheΓÇÖll never be more than a lonely 10 year old in a cursed family. Cutie Grackle is used to being differentΓÇöshe lives alone on a mountain with her feeble-minded uncleand when sheΓÇÖs not sucking pebbles to trick her stomach into feeling fullsheΓÇÖs chatting with a weathered garden gnome for company. But having a flock of ravens follow you is more than just different. Cutie worries the birds are connected to the curse Uncle Horace tends to mutter about. And sheΓÇÖs right. The ravens present her with a fortune from a cookieand when she touches it sheΓÇÖs pulled into a vision from her familyΓÇÖs past. It involves the curse and her long-lost mother. The birds offer up a series of objectseach imbued with memories that eventually reveal Cutie must do what her mother could not: break the curse. Part outdoor survival adventurepart fantastical questShawn K. StoutΓÇÖs The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle is a journey of hopeheartand a willingness to believe in the impossible.