Yellowstone’s Child

Yellowstone’s Child is available in 5 forms;

1) Audio book, Amazon, Audible, and iTunes,

2) eBook, Kindle or Amazon

3) Large print edition (Blue title, 8” by 10”)

4) Regular paperback (Yellow Title, 6” by 9”)

5) Screenplay of main story line. (Yellow Title, 8” by 10”).

   Large Print 8 by 10 Edition.         Regular 6 by 9 Edition.                   Screenplay 8 by 10 Edition

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Yellowstone’s Child’s main theme is personal identity, how one person answers the question, “Who am I?” The story begins when a married couple, Sam and Gloria Graham, chicken farmers from Mississippi, loose their 10-year-old daughter, Sally, to brain cancer. After her death, they plan to sell their Mississippi farm and to move to Nebraska. Before selling, to help recover from their daughter Sally’s death; they take a short vacation in February at Yellowstone. At the same time, at Yellowstone, three cousins from the Johanson family reunion fall into a river partially fed by hot springs. Two get right out but the third, Sarah, hits her head and floats away on her back downstream. The Grahams rescue her and discover she has complete amnesia so, they kidnap her and take back to Mississippi to replace their dead daughter. Park Rangers and Sarah’s family search the river in Yellowstone but recover no physical body. Sarah is eventually declared dead. More than 10 years later Sarah/Sally graduated from a private high school in southern California where she earned a BA in Music, Theater and Dance from Cal State. She obtains a starring role in the TV series DETECTIVES LIVE as Detective Elaine Scott.  About to finish her Masters, she has an auto accident, bumps her head and her memory of her life before she was 10 returns. She confronts her “parents”; they admit to kidnapping her and Sarah/Sally begins to search for her real identity. She asks, “Who am I? Sarah, Sally, or Elaine. Johanson, Graham, Johnson, or Detective Scott.” She concludes, NO she’s really Yellowstone’s Child. If this story were a movie it would be rated “G” and is suitable for teens. It’s a GREAT read,particularly for teen girls. One of my first 15-year-old readers complained: “Yellowstone’s Child made me cry five times, twice for sadness, and three times for joy.” 

Table of Contents

• Prelude - Sally’s Dog Rex
• Part 1 Transformation
•      Chapter 1 Sally Succumbs
•      Chapter 2 Big Boss’ Legacy
•      Chapter 3 1995 Johanson Family Reunion
•      Chapter 4 Yellowstone Arrivals
•           Sam and Gloria Graham
•           Michael, Angie, Sarah and Timothy Johanson
•           Jason, Bethany, Joan and Mary Johanson
•           Jackson (Big Deer) Miller, Margaret Johanson Miller,
•                   Twins: Jake & Harry Wilkins-Miller and Kelly Miller
•           Johanson Family Reunion Dinner
•      Chapter 5 Yellowstone Rivers
•           Falling into the River
•           Graham’s Rescue
•      Chapter 6 Yellowstone’s Child
•      Chapter 7 The Search for Sarah
•      Chapter 8 Mississippi to Nebraska
•      Chapter 9 Sam, Gloria and Sally’s Legacy
•           Cayman International Bank
•           Brownsville, Texas Crossing
•      Chapter 10 Grahams Become Johnsons.
•           Planning the Change
•           Nebraska to Ventura, California
•      Chapter 11 Timothy’s Search
•          Cold Case, Sarah Johanson
•          Franklyn Gavin’s Search
• Part 2 All the Secrets
•      Chapter 12 6^th Grade School Begins
•      Chapter 13 7^th Grade Falling Out Off the Stage
•      Chapter 14 8^th Grade Essay 
•          When I was Ten
•          Scar Repair
•      Chapter 15 9^th Grade 20^th Century US History
•      Chapter 16 10^th Grade, New York Encounter
•          The Plan
•          New York Johansons
•          West Side Story
•      Chapter 17 11^th Grade, California State Volleyball Championship
•      Chapter 18 Senior Year at VPSG
•          West Side Story Reprised, Sally’s Senior Project
•          The Fourth Muscateen
•          Wills and Bees
•          Graduation at VPSG
• Part 3 Awakening
•      Chapter 19 Who am I?
•           The Accident
•          New York and Yellowstone
•          DETECTIVES LIVE
•           Confrontation
•      Chapter 20 Sarah’s Search for Sally
•           Sarah Meets Timothy
•           Back Rextonville, Miss-sippi
•           The Graves at First Baptist
•          Uncle Allen’s Letter
•      Chapter 21 Revelation and Resolve
•          Johanson 2010 Family Reunion
•           Identity Resolved
• Appendix
•      Characters in order of appearance
•      Yellowstone’s Child Time Line