HERE COMES BEA!She's six years old. The problem is, she heard everything.Kettlewood, Missouri, is small enough for everybody to know everybody else's business - and big enough that nobody enjoys it when a child notices what the adults would rather let slide.Then Bea Whitlow starts first grade.Bea reads far beyond her grade level, remembers numbers, phrases, and conversations with unsettling precision, and has a special talent for spotting bad math, contradictory rules, weak explanations, and problems nobody asked her to solve.And then there's an even bigger problem:Bea talks.At school, at the Main Street diner, at the repair shop, during town meetings, at the local radio station, or while everyone prepares for the traditional Fall Jubilee, all it takes is two adults having a conversation within earshot of Bea for something to happen.Sometimes Bea finds the solution.Sometimes she leaves an adult with nothing to say.And every now and then, she turns a small problem into a considerably bigger one.Whenever someone points out:"She's six."Bea answers:"Since March."But there's more behind the one-liners.How can a girl who memorizes names, numbers, and information after seeing them only a few times forget her own lunchbox, misplace things, abandon repetitive tasks, interrupt conversations, and find it almost impossible to wait when her mind has already reached the answer?While her family and teacher try to understand that contradiction, Bea keeps doing what she does best:watching the adult world and wondering why everyone insists on making it so complicated.HERE COMES BEA! is a warm, witty contemporary comedy set in small-town America. It is a story about family, school, community, neurodiversity, giftedness, impulsivity, friendship, and the challenge of finding your place without losing your voice.With fast humor, everyday situations, adults who know how to fire back, and a protagonist impossible to ignore, the story blends laughter and emotion without turning Bea into a lesson - or a diagnosis.Because Bea doesn't believe she's the problem.According to her, the adults are.Get ready.Here comes Bea.
