Gage... My Beautiful Boy : Dorrance Publishing Co. : 9781645305385 : 1645305384 : 28 Aug 2019 : A three-year-old little boy pleads with his mommy to let him take a ride in a pull-wagon with his aunt to buy some chewing gum. Her gut reaction is to keep him close, but she gives in to her excited little baby's need for adventure. That reaction moment will become the result of an applied force resulting in great tragedy. Taking a short cut home through a construction site, happily trying to catch butterflies from his wagon, the little boy, unbeknown to his aunt, catches sight of a big, blue, butterfly and spontaneously jumps out to catch it. The aunt swings around and sees a car heading in the boy's path. What happens after that is unspeakable. About the Author Tonia Marie Root, was born in Lansing Michigan. She and her siblings were raised by a single mom in Battle Creek Michigan. They experienced the usual sacrifices that come with a one-parent family, but the one thing that remaine