Valerie Hobbs

Award-winning author of books for young people (and one for older people)

Sheep

California Young Reader Medal Winner

"The attitude that carries Jack through adventure after adventure to nothing short of a fairy-tale ending--complete with sheep--will win readers over and keep them rooting for him all the way."
--Kirkus Reviews

Selected Works

NEW BOOK!
The Last Best Days Of Summer
Life changes for Lucy when she visits her grandmother at the end of a very special summer.
Adult Fiction
Call It A Gift
An elderly couple fall in love and elope to Yellowstone.
Young Adult Fiction
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.
Middle-grade Fiction
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.