Sally J. Ling is an author, journalist and communications consultant (sallyjling.com).  She is also a former middle school teacher.

  As a special correspondent, her work has appeared in the Sun Sentinel newspaper as well as Gold Coast, Delray Beach, Boca Life and Carolina Bride magazines.  Her book, Small Town, Big Secrets: Inside the Boca Raton Army Air Field during WWII was published in September 2005 and is the story of how Boca Raton, Florida became the focus of an important and secret operation that helped win WWII.

  Ms. Ling lives in Deerfield Beach, Florida with her husband, Chuck, and her cat, Kitty.  She continues to write both fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults, many of which have a South Florida flavor.

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A great read for children 6-12.

        Sally J. Ling, a well known local author, educator and media consultant, has just published Phillip’s Great Adventures:  Spies, Root Beer and Alligators, a historical novel for young people that is based on the real life adventures of a former Boca Raton resident, Peter Barrett.

            Phillip’s Great Adventures captures the excitement of growing up in Boca Raton during the late 1930s and early 1940s.  Drawing on her previous books about the impact of the military in World War II Boca Raton, Ling manages to blend the recollections of Barrett with the history of the area.  The book also features wonderful line drawing illustrations by Martha Barrett Bell.

            “I wanted to write a book that could be used by classroom teachers to get students excited about local history,” said Ling in a recent interview.  “I also wanted to write something that would be a good read outside the classroom.  I think I succeeded, but it is up to readers to decide.”

        Nick Wynne, the executive editor for Chapin House Books, which is owned by the Florida Historical Society Press, commented, “I was most impressed with Phillip’s Great Adventures.  As an author of children’s stories, I realize how difficult it can be to combine learning with entertainment.  Sally Ling has managed to do both.”

            Sally J. Ling is available for autograph sessions and public talks.  She can be reached by e-mail at Sling4815@aol.com

Phillip’s Great Adventures is 144-pages long in a paperback format.  The price is $15.95.  It is available in major bookstores or can be ordered by telephone at (321) 690-1971, Extension 211.  Internet orders can be p-laced directly with the publisher at www.fhspress.org or via amazon.com

Chapin House Books is the popular book division of The Florida Historical Society Press, 435 Brevard Avenue, Cocoa, FL 32922.  The Florida Historical Society is the only statewide historical society in the Sunshine State and is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation.