Sara (Shunk) Maurer ’00 published her debut novel, A Good Animal, on February 24, 2026.<\/p>\n
A Good Animal is a coming-of-age literary fiction novel set on a sheep farm in Sault Ste. Marie in 1995. Seventeen-year-old Everett is determined to stay put, rebuild his family\u2019s sheep farm, and carve a future from the land he loves. Then he meets Mary, a new girl in town with restless energy and bigger plans. When their relationship reaches a crossroads, they make an impulsive choice\u2014one that could change everything.<\/p>\n
The book is available through the publisher\u2019s website, major online retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, Books-a-Million, Powells, and Bookshop.org, as well as independent bookstores everywhere.<\/p>\n
Maurer also visited campus to share her work as part of the Albion College Reading Series on March 25 in Bobbitt Visual Arts Center Auditorium (Bobbitt 113).<\/p>\n
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