"Susan Barnes is an extraordinary human being. She possess deep passion, insight to herself and others and a strong urge to continuously discover. Susan infuses ALL of these qualities into her writings with style and grace.
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Ron Holman, Ph.D

"As a writer, Susan Barnes heals people with her words. Her brilliant and ingenious books hold within them a power that can only be described as pure magic. As a friend, Susan is the smartest, most loving, nurturing, kind, compassionate and empathetic person I know. She is magical."
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TImna Pilch
Therapist/Healer, Los Angeles, California

"Children are our purposes in life and our future. It is important to give our time, talent and energy to guide children and to do whatever it takes to help them achieve their outcomes and desires in today's world. I have known Susan Barnes for many years. She is compassionate, dedicated, and shows time and time again her caring and selfless service to children through her coaching and creative writing. I am extremely proud and honored to know Susan as a devoted coach and author of children's books."
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Janis P. Walker
CEO, RN,NCPP, author of, Kids to the rescue. Ultimate Dynamics Corporation, www.ultimatedynamics.com

"Susan Barnes has used great insight into a child's mind through her brilliant use of imagery and inspires not only the child but the adult as well to look into the unlimited possibilities of imagination. She is a wonderfully evolved spirit."
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Bren Winkler
Counselor/Artist

"The martial arts action sequences are realistic and well written. Susan Barnes does a fine job of inculcating actual martial arts philosophy in her story in a very believable fashion. Adventures, action, historical fact and fiction, ancient tribal philosophies and terse commentary on the social conditions of out modern adolescents, all intertwined to create a very exciting and memorable read."
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Stephen Dorshorst
middle school teacher and martial arts master instructor,
U.S. Olympic Festival Silver Medalist- Taekwondo

."Kelly Karate expresses the spirit of a winner and teaches young and old about winning and losing, joy and grief. A girl any grandfather would be proud of."
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Jim W. Spears
LCSW, grief therapist and author of Hoodie And The Wise Man.

"Kelly is my new best friend. She's powerful enough to run with dragons and overcome evil. She's also so bright and sensitive that she can teach adults a lesson or two."
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Teresa Miller
author of Remnants of Glory and Family Correspondence

"Susan Barnes weaves a delightfully exciting yarn. Her clever stitching of martial arts philosophy along with ancient Native American tales and Viking legends makes a great read. Her, Kelly Karate Discovers the Ice Princess is a fun adventure for young and old."
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Pat O'Connell
Author of Knight Hawk

"Pick up Kelly Karate Meets the Mayan Queen and you'll find Mexican cooking, oddball pyramids, shape-shifters, witches, slinky anacondas, an evil princess, one great bling-bling of a magical stone, and gigantic, demonic ducks. Okay, so I'm kidding about the ducks. But the point is, if you can't find something to enthrall and entertain you in this novel, you're a definite odd duck with more problems than even poor Kelly! The irrepressible Susan Barnes has struck again."
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Edward Bryant
award-winning author of Cinnabar.

"Kelly Karate Meets the Mayan Queen, will touch your soul, light up your imagination and warm your heart, while simultaneously opening you to the knowledge of the power that resides within you."
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Loren Slocum
author of No Greater Love, founder of Lobella, speaker and mother two boys, Josua and Quinn.

REVIEW

Kelly Karate Meets the Mayan Queen
by Susan Barnes

This is a wonderful fantasy teen type adventure involving time travel, lots of intrigue and mystery, and above all the spiritual thread of life and magic intertwine to make this the type of read that would equal a chocolate Sunday after a good meal. Young hearts and minds can be hard to capture at times and Susan has succeeded beautifully at both.

I enjoyed this voyage of creativity very much and I believe it has all the elements necessary to be called one of those books that anyone would enjoy curling up with. Easy to read, Susan's ability to describe the scenes in such vivid detail helps to bring the reader right along, and a few hours later dropped me safely back on my bed. Well, done Susan and may you bring us many more.

Review by, Riki Frahmann                      
as seen in Mystic Living Today on www.PlanetStarz.com