Visit rachelkeithbooks.com to find my Christian middle-grade animal fantasy series, "The Squad: Rising," releasing June 16, 2025! (NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS GET AN EXCLUSIVE SERIES PROLOGUE!!!)
You can check out Chapter 1 of Book 1 here: [ Ссылка ]
Thank y'all for checking out my series! :D

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Here’s to the thrilling 2024 we’re leaving behind and to the even more thrilling 2025 ahead.
Thanks to everyone who subscribed to my channel and the RKB newsletter this year and who has enjoyed my attempts at animation! 2024 has been a wild year for all of us in so many ways. For me, there was a lot of editing, adjusting, proofing, creating, and even a little bit of renaming for “The Squad: Rising” (which some of you probably noticed as videos appeared and disappeared and got rearranged here on the channel… thanks for putting up with me, guys). Not to mention pushing through my senior year and preparing for the life ahead of me! God has been faithful through it all---like there was ever a doubt! As 2024 draws to a close, all I can say is… I think y’all are going to love “The Squad: Rising” as much as I do :)
There’s so much more to come—including BOOK 1!!!—in 2025! HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! :)

~ Animations in this highlight reel:
“You Thought I Knew” (OLDDDDDD!) (PMV) [ Ссылка ]
“Miracles” (PMV/AMV) [ Ссылка ]
“Tina Eat the Food” (Shorts) [ Ссылка ]
“What Do You Do About the Hurt?” (original animation) [ Ссылка ]
“You’ll Be All Right” (original animation) [ Ссылка ]
Official Full Cast Teaser (animation) [ Ссылка ]
“Tina’s Nightmares” (animation) [ Ссылка ]
“Cat on a Vac” (Shorts) [ Ссылка ]
“Cause I Am Coming Home” (PMV) [ Ссылка ]
“Tina Still Wants Chocolate” (original animation) [ Ссылка ]
“Please??” (Shorts) [ Ссылка ]
Official Power Teaser (animation) [ Ссылка ]
“We Thankful” (Shorts) [ Ссылка ]
“NEFTAR as Explained by Sapphire” (original animation) [ Ссылка ]
“Can We Play Delivery Chair?” (animation) [ Ссылка ]

~ Songs used in PMVs/AMVs:
“You Thought I Knew” - Particle House
“Miracles” - Zayde Wolf & HOVDING
“Cause I Am Coming Home” - Duty Division & Dante Jones
(There were also a bunch of instrumentals (from Canva.com’s music library) but I don’t remember what they were called ‘XD)

~ Song used for this reel! “Ocean’s Roar” - Thea Tyler & Dinah Smith (COE remix)

~ Voice talents in original animations:
…Me (with help from a voice transformer program)

~ Audio clips used:
“Tina Eat the Food” - Napoleon Dynamite (from the movie… “Napoleon Dynamite”)
“Can We Play Delivery Chair?” - Bandit and Bluey (from the “Bluey” episode “Yoga Ball”)

Want more Squad-esque music? Check out my Amazon Music playlist of songs unofficially fitting “The Squad: Rising,” set in chronological order of the series! [ Ссылка ]

SERIES DESCRIPTION: Peacekeeping is a privilege… and a punishment. The world of Neftar, inhabited by animal people, brims with advanced technology, fantastical beasts… and plenty of hardships. Freedom once reigned supreme—now, selfish evils seek to tear freedom down. Tina the wolf and her squad of powerful siblings have become peacekeepers and freedom fighters for their people. But Tina herself harbors a dangerous secret. In the midst of freeing her kin, can she free herself from the bonds of her secret?

I write fantasy/sci-fi middle grade novellas with Christian values and often incorporate anti-slavery themes. Kindled with passion for children, my ultimate goal is to show them the hope and promises of our Lord Jesus Christ, whether they have big dreams hindered by insecurities or simply long for new friends on the page. My flagship series, The Squad: Rising, is meant to deliver just that, portraying young heroes from a dark background who learn to rise beyond their past, form their own family, and help their world, because they’re the only ones who can.

Lots of warm hugs (or confetti if you're not a hugger),
Rachel

I use iArtbook (and occasionally Canva.com) for all animations.

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