Tweet When the Morgan children, Rowan, Meg, Silly and James, are shipped off to spend the summer in England with an elderly aunt they’ve never met, they aren’t exactly thrilled. But when they arrive at the Rookery, the castle fills … Continue reading
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Tweet Ada has bounced around from foster home to foster home since her mother abandoned her when she was very young. When she’s kicked out of her foster-home-of-last-resort, an aunt she’s never met agrees to take her in. But Ada … Continue reading
Tweet Aurora, better known as Roar, chronicles the world around her through the lens of a camera. Taking photos got her through a rough patch when her mother disappeared and her father decided to move from the city to become … Continue reading
Tweet June’s dad fixes things for companies in trouble, but once he’s done, he moves on to the next job. That’s why June has spent so much of her life moving from place to place and learning not to let … Continue reading
Tweet As a follow up to her delightful picture book, My Name Is Not Isabella, where a little girl dreamed about being like famous women in history, author Jennifer Fosberry has turned her attention to famous men and a little … Continue reading
Tweet Payton Gritas has just had the shock of her 15-year-old life. Not only does her dad have multiple sclerosis, but her parents and her older brothers have known for months, they’ve just opted not to tell her. Suddenly Payton, … Continue reading
Tweet Sal knows all the prophecies from her favorite poem, “Songs of the Fleece,” but she doesn’t know much about modern technology. That’s how she misinterprets a cell phone falling on her head from a hot-air balloon as a struggle … Continue reading
Tweet Dancia Lewis spends her time trying to be ordinary. She knows she has a mysterious power that helps her protect people she cares about, but it also can hurt others. Dancia tries to control that power by not having … Continue reading
