Patricia Kloehn has completed her new book “Do Your Best”: an impactful children’s book that shares the story of Negus. Growing up in a remote area of Africa, Gambella, Ethiopia, Negus learned to live off the land, raised his younger brother and sister, and never gave up. Negus spent his early years living in a one-room hut with no water or electricity, yet he found one love—playing soccer.
Negus and his sister, Elilta, went to two orphanages and were adopted by a single woman.
Readers can travel along with Negus to America for the first time and learn how he navigated his new life in Vail, Colorado. Readers follow his journey as he continues his love of soccer and learns the rules of the game.
Author Patricia Kloehn wrote this book to honor the life of her son, Negus Kloehn, who suffered from epilepsy and died from his condition unexpectedly.
Patricia feels the presence and contact of Negus quite often and believes he, in large part, channeled this book through her to make his story known and lend a helping hand from above.
Patricia has established a nonprofit organization, Save the Ball Soccer for Africa, Inc., to implement Negus’s vision of supplying soccer balls and nets to impoverished areas of Africa.
“The butterfly effect is a theory which is credited to Edward Lorenz (1917–2008) and can be boiled down to chaotic systems that can be influenced by tiny changes. What would this have to do with the death of Negus? As you will see in this book, Negus’s actions, albeit small, were steady and consistent, and he was never out of character. His ability to be positive and happy impacted many and added value to school, sports, and community. His actions and reactions will live on through the award named after him at Vail Mountain School, The Negus Kloehn Award, and through the nonprofit organization carried out in his honor called ‘Save the Ball, Soccer for Africa.’ Negus had a profound and lasting impact on my life and on the lives of many others who knew him. As readers of this book, we trust you will take some of his lessons and pay them forward. Tiny actions can reap great rewards.”
Patricia discusses the powerful impact that her son had on the world, writing,
Published by Page Publishing, Patricia Kloehn’s moving tale allows readers to learn about Negus’s experience dealing with an extremely challenging medical condition and to admire Negus’s attitude and determination to handle any obstacle thrown his way.
Readers who wish to experience this inspiring work can purchase “Do Your Best” at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes Store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.
About Page Publishing:
Page Publishing is a traditional, full-service publishing house that handles all the intricacies involved in publishing its authors’ books, including distribution in the world’s largest retail outlets and royalty generation.
Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create, not mired in logistics like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance, shipping, taxes, and so on.
Page’s accomplished writers and publishing professionals allow authors to leave behind these complex and time-consuming issues and focus on their passion: writing and creating.
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