The Writing Box

The Writing Box

________________________________________________________________________________________________ Next Generation Indie Book Awards , Finalist 2025 _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fifteen-year old Julia lives in New York with her conservative parents, Peter and Ana Kilmere. Each summer she spends visiting her grandmother who lives on a Caribbean island. Holidays at grandma's is the best for Julia. She loves the beach, grandma's cooking and best of all her stories. There's also a little something going on with her childhood friend, Jonathan. On her last night on the island, her grandmother tucks her in with an exotic gift, a family heirloom from India - a writing box. There was a story too. Julia lived in the digital age and couldn't imagine what she would do with the box except to hold her trinkets perhaps. But an accident one rainy evening, a late-night announcement, and three dinner guests shatter her perfect world. These three events causes her to redefine family, sense of self and what happily ever after looks like. Could her grandmother's gift, a relic from the past, help put Julia back together again? "An epic family story of turmoil and change." — ANASTASIA SUEN, author of the Eureka! Gold Medal Winner Up! Up! Up! Skyscraper Allison Ali is an island girl born and raised in the Caribbean. She loves to read historical novels and look at old maps. This is her first novel. When she isn't writing, she can be found spending time with her family, going on a run or listening to Bollywood music.