T Denise Robinson
The Little Rednecks
About Me
I am a published author and award-winning screenwriter.
I live with my five physically challenged rescue pets. The Little
Rednecks and a Town Full of Bullies is my debut middle-grade
urban fantasy novel and is the first in a planned series.
The Little Rednecks screenplay was nominated in 2010
for the Diversity and Inclusion Award by
Freshvoices.com and it received an Official Recommendation
from Kidsfirst.org.
I got the idea for this story four years ago. I have an elevn-year-old niece who's nearly deaf and wears hearing aids. She was hanging out with some girls and for some reason they weren't being so nice to her. On this particular day,
the girls were whispering in front of my niece and my niece's father told them that it
wasn't polite to whisper in front of his daughter. With a snotty look, the younger of
the two girls said, "What's the difference, it's not like she can hear us anyway."
At that moment, I knew this was a story I had to write. My young niece is the
sweetest little girl on the planet but she was oblivious to the exchange that had just
taken place. All she wanted to do was hang out with her friends.
Nearly everyday, I hear a news report about a child who has been bullied and
sadly, some of those children have committed suicide. Reports show that 16% of
able-bodied children have been bullied compared to 82% of children with
disabilities. This is not acceptable to me nor should it be to anyone else. Bullying is
a major problem and not just in this country. It is a worldwide epidemic and it must
stop.
If I can empower one child or person through this story then hopefully, I have
succeeded in making the world a little better for a child who may be physically
challenged.
