The In-Between Series
THE IN-BETWEEN
Book One: The New Measure
The habits that shape adulthood begin quietly in childhood.
The In-Between: The New Measure follows a group of young people learning what happens between an idea and an outcome — between excitement and planning, pressure and honesty, mistakes and repair.
When Malik and his friends decide to build a prize booth for their neighborhood Block Day, the idea begins with excitement. But excitement soon meets limits. Money has to be counted. Choices have consequences. Plans have to be adjusted. Trust can be damaged. And when things go wrong, responsibility means more than saying sorry. (Ei paragraph ta "The in between" page e jukto koro. Kothai korle valo hobe tumi buje koro
The story allows consequence to remain visible without turning responsibility into shame.
Responsibility is not punishment. It is preparation.
ABOUT THE STORY
A Story About The In-Between
There is often a space between what we want and what we are ready to carry.
Between an idea and a plan.
Between working hard and working wisely.
Between making a mistake and repairing what the mistake affected.
That space is where much of growing up happens.
The In-Between gives young readers room to experience those lessons through story rather than instruction.
The characters make choices, feel pressure, disagree, improvise, make mistakes, repair relationships, and slowly discover that good intentions do not remove consequences.
WHO IT’S FOR
FOR YOUNG READERS — AND THE ADULTS READING BESIDE THEM
The In-Between Series is written for young readers while respecting the adults who may be reading alongside them.
The lessons are not delivered through financial jargon.
They appear through:
Story
Character
Choice
Consequence
Repair
Patience
Trust
The purpose is not to make children anxious about money.
It is to help them encounter responsibility, measurement, foresight, and stewardship before adulthood requires those things from them.
THE FINANCIAL HOUSE PHILOSOPHY
SAME ROOT. DIFFERENT STAGE OF LIFE.
The Cost of the Puppy begins with an adult looking backward and recognizing what years of effort, silence, and financial pressure had quietly taught his child.
The Financial Architect asks how a household can begin building with greater structure.
The In-Between moves earlier in the journey.
Here, young people are still developing the habits, judgment, patience, and understanding that will eventually shape how they carry responsibility as adults.
ADULT · LOOKING BACK
The Cost of the Puppy
A father recognizes what financial pressure quietly taught his child.
HOUSEHOLD · BUILDING
The Financial Architect
How a household begins building with greater structure.
YOUNG READER · FORMING
The In-Between
Where the habits, judgment, and patience begin to form.
The expression is different.
The underlying truth remains the same: Responsibility, foresight, and disciplined decisions shape long-term outcomes.
COMING NEXT
THE IN-BETWEEN SERIES
Book One — The New Measure
COMING SOON
Book Two — Built to Last
FORTHCOMING
Book Three — Guard What You Build
FORTHCOMING
Book Four — What You Leave Behind
FORTHCOMING
The philosophy is designed to mature with the reader.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ARDEN C. TANNIS
Arden C. Tannis is an author, Financial Architect, educator, speaker, and former Police Inspector. His work explores responsibility, financial structure, family protection, stewardship, and legacy.
Through his adult books and The Financial House Project, Arden helps hardworking individuals and families think more deliberately about what they are building and what they are passing forward.
The In-Between Series extends those same principles into stories for younger readers.
BOOK DETAILS
AT A GLANCE
Title
The In-Between
Book one
The New Measure
Author
Arden C. Tannis
Series
The In-Between Series
Publisher
Tannis Legacy
Publication Status
Comming Soon
For the children who are still building — and the adults still learning how.
Responsibility is not punishment. It is preparation.