I have recently become a HUGE fan of this author. She writes everything from amazing historical fiction to contemporary fiction, to stories based on current, real-life events. I first became aware of her when her book ALL OF THE ABOVE showed up on the Maud Hart Lovelace Award Nominee list for 2...
Based on a true story, All of the Above is the delightful and suspenseful story of four inner city students and their quest to build the world's largest tetrahedron. Weaving together the different personal stories of the kids, their teacher, and the community that surrounds them, award-winning au...
Keeper of Secrets I’m sure I must’ve looked like a complete fool, standing smack in the middle of the road, turning around as I tried to figure out where the voice was coming from. The closest house looked like a run-down shack. It didn’t even appear lived-in. There wasn’t a lick of paint on the ...
Elvis Has Left the BuildingIt was about five o’clock on Sunday when I knocked on my dad’s bedroom door. He’d been rehearsing all afternoon.“Come on in,” his voice called out.Walking into his room was like entering an Elvis museum. You had to step over boxes of JERRY DENNY AS THE KING flyers and s...
It was like the night his dad died. He could only recall certain sights and sounds: the rain on the officers’ shoulders, the word instantly…. Arthur remembered running over to James Hampton and picking up his broken glasses from the cement floor. He remembered the bitter smell of urine and vomit ...