CORD IN THE KITCHEN

About the Book

This story is about a thirteen year old boy who finds him-self living with a family of people who are half Native American and Half European. The boy had been abandoned by his birth parents and he had become a member of Oregon’s Foster Care System. He has difficulty adjusting to his life in foster care and almost finds himself being sent to reform school but his best friend ever, Kenny Proud-foot Schneider, saves him from being sent to reform school. Frankie Martin follows his nose and his heart and with the help of God and his Guardian Angel he finds himself working at a reform school as a Mechanical Drawing Teacher, where he discovers a startling fact about himself.

About the Author

Malio Valente was born in Oakland, California and spent his formative years in the Pacific North West United States, in Oregon and Washington. He is a graduate of the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. He worked in the electronics industry for thirty years and spent the final sixteen years of his work history as a middle school math/science teacher. He retired from a middle school teaching career in 2009. Today he lives in Northern California where he enjoys his retirement, cooking and writing.