the forty-seven-mile long nervous system

interesting stories

John Rafferty

Each stop on the journey is brought to life with a captivating description and a stunning two-page illustration

Hannah Yoder loves her quiet life on the banks of the Conestoga Creek

The Queen of Sleepy Eye Aliens & Extraterrestrials the forty-seven-mile long nervous systemEn route to college in the summer of 1975, sensible seventeen year old Amy gets stuck in smalltown Colorado when the 1958 Pontiac Bonneville Sports Coupe driven by her insufferable tiara toting mom, Francieformer Queen of the Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, Corn Festivalsurrenders to a mortally wounded transmission. It doesnt take long to realize that thirty three year old Francie is out of money and in no hurry to let go of her daughter, so the two unpack