That Smudge of Smoke (coming spring 2023)
That Smudge of Smoke spans the years from 1929 to 2015 in a middle grade novel about two 12-year-olds navigating crucial changes in their lives. The vital link between the characters and the time periods is a diary, hidden in a door for the intervening eighty-six years—a door salvaged from an old Chesapeake Bay steamboat. The diary, known as Dorie, takes on the unexpected role of narrator, a compelling character in itself. This is a multi-generational story of hope, friendship, family, and of the far-reaching influence of history and music.
Published by BeaLu Books
Annie can always count on spending summers at her grandparents’. This summer should be even better because Mama is going to have a baby soon. Before Daddy leaves for his Air Force assignment, he gives Annie a journal for summer memories. But now Annie is grieving over the death of her newborn sister. How can she tell Daddy that ever since the baby died, Mama has been slipping away?
Published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books
ISBN: 978-0-375-84544-4
Available as a Yearling Paperback for order through:
Your favorite independent book store, or Random House
Based on an actual person, Broken Drum is the story of Charley King, a 12-year-old drummer boy from West Chester, Pennsylvania, who is caught up in the excitement and patriotism during the early stages of the Civil War.
Cowritten with Jacqueline Cosgrove Shields
White Mane Publishing Co., Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-57249-027-7 $12.95
Order now from White Mane: 888-948-6263
A liberal reward is offered for information leading to the whereabouts and eventual capture of a Miss Nancy Hart, about 16 years of age, black hair, dark eyes, fair complexion, considered to be comely in appearance, and known to be a Rebel guide and spy. She has been reported in the company of known Confederate guerilla, Perry Conley, for whom a death warrant has been posted by the United States government.
Cowritten with Jacqueline Cosgrove Shields
White Mane Publishing Co., Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-57249-186-1 $12.95
Order now from White Mane: 888-948-6263