Seguin High School alumnus Chris Mullen spent many years spinning tales to his kindergarten students about a character named Rowdy.
Each story he told was an adventure that came with a life lesson. Now, he’s sharing those tales with the world through a young adult series set in the old west, and started with “ROWDY: Wild and Mean, Sharp and Keen.”
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