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50 Ways
Amanda Graves did everything right... graduated with honors, got a good-paying job in LA and a live-in boyfriend. One day she wakes up and discovers that her perfect life is a living nightmare. Riding on impulse, she quits her job, leaves her boyfriend and condo full of color-coordinated furniture, and strikes out on her own, not sure where she's going, but sure that anything is better than the life she has been coasting through. Fate lands her in Flag staff, Arizona; where she begins living on her own terms, meeting no one's agenda but her own. She becomes a student in the business of living, learning from the friends she makes along the way... a handsome river-runner, a stay-at-home mom, and a high school teacher. All of these people have something to teach Amanda, is only she is willing to listen. 50 Ways is a novel about starting fresh, and doing the wrong thing when it feels right. It is a novel about the choices we make, and the destiny we choose as our own.
372 pages, Paperback
First published April 28, 2004
3 people want to read
About the author
Katherine Pryor
16 books42 followersKatherine Pryor is an award-winning children’s book author and good food advocate. She grew up in California and Arizona before moving to Seattle to study food and farming. Her books are widely used in school garden curriculum, nutrition education, and anti-hunger initiatives. In addition to writing, Katherine has worked to create better food choices at institutions, large corporations & food banks.
She made her picture book debut with Sylvia’s Spinach, which is widely used to support nutrition education and school garden curriculum. Her second picture book, Zora's Zucchini, won the 2016 Growing Good Kids Book Award. Her third picture book, Bea's Bees, was called "a necessary addition to elementary library shelves as an important contribution to the understanding and conservation of bees" by School Library Journal.
Home is Calling: The Journey of the Monarch Butterfly won the SCBWI Charlotte & Wilbur Award for Compassion for Animals, was named a 2024 Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts by NCTE, and was featured on the Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List.
Kirkus Reviews called Spring is for Strawberries “A delightful blend of friendship, fresh food, melodious language, and luscious illustrations.”
Her first board book, Hello, Garden!, won the 2022 Gold Medal, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award, and the book was extended into a four-book series including Hello, Rain!, Hello, Beach!, and Hello, Snow!, which won a 2025 Mom's Choice Gold Award.
She lives in Sonoma County, California.
She made her picture book debut with Sylvia’s Spinach, which is widely used to support nutrition education and school garden curriculum. Her second picture book, Zora's Zucchini, won the 2016 Growing Good Kids Book Award. Her third picture book, Bea's Bees, was called "a necessary addition to elementary library shelves as an important contribution to the understanding and conservation of bees" by School Library Journal.
Home is Calling: The Journey of the Monarch Butterfly won the SCBWI Charlotte & Wilbur Award for Compassion for Animals, was named a 2024 Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts by NCTE, and was featured on the Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List.
Kirkus Reviews called Spring is for Strawberries “A delightful blend of friendship, fresh food, melodious language, and luscious illustrations.”
Her first board book, Hello, Garden!, won the 2022 Gold Medal, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award, and the book was extended into a four-book series including Hello, Rain!, Hello, Beach!, and Hello, Snow!, which won a 2025 Mom's Choice Gold Award.
She lives in Sonoma County, California.
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