Defiance

Kirkus Best Children’s Books of 2005

SLJ Best Children’s Books of 2005

Chicago Tribune 100 Great Books

NAPPA Gold Award

Children’s Literature Council of Southern California "most distinguished children's book of the year"

ASPCA Henry Bergh Award

Dog Writers of America best children's book of the year

Selected Works

NEW BOOK for Fall 2011
Maggie And Oliver
A homeless dog and a homeless girl find each other and start a new life together.
Tender
Young Adult action and romance
The Last Best Days Of Summer
Life changes for Lucy when she visits her grandmother at the end of a very special summer.
Call It A Gift
An elderly couple fall in love and elope to Yellowstone.
Sonny's War
In the late 1960's, fourteen-year-old Cory's life is greatly changed by the sudden death of her father and her brother's tour of duty in Vietnam.
Letting Go Of Bobby James Or How I Found My Self Of Steam
"With all my heart, I loved Bobby James Walker. I forgave him, too. But I did not want to see him anymore. Not then, and maybe not ever." Sally Jo Walker
Anything But Ordinary
An endearing young couple's search for independence and identity.
Defiance
"The victory of the human spirit shines through Defiance like the sun."
--Suzanne Fisher Staples
Sheep
The heartwarming story of a dog and boy who find each other when hope is nearly gone.