“‘What’s the stink?’ The girl’s voice behind me in the crowded school hall raises the hair on my arms. Loren Miller. And one of her hordes. The smell of Wednesday’s special at the school cafeteria is wafting in the corridor,... Read More

During his colorful and controversial career as a defender of radical causes, the author viewed the law as a “method of control created by a socioeconomic system determined … to perpetuate itself.” Martin Luther King, Malcolm X,... Read More

On the heels of Indian Summer, just before the killing frost of autumn, young Samantha spies a plump, red apple in one of Gram’s orchard trees. As the shiny, round apple dangles high above, Sam’s brother climbs the picker’s ladder... Read More

Opening presents-who doesn’t look forward to the excitement of feeling special and wondering what’s in those beautifully wrapped boxes? When everything is unwrapped, there’s more to be done than cleaning up. It’s time to write... Read More

To many of today’s adults, teenagers are frightening creatures. With teen crime, addiction, and violence rising rapidly, it’s no surprise that many adults shy away from teens other than their own (and, sadly, some do turn away from... Read More

It is 1945 and WWII has just ended. Sixteen-year-old Dulcie Stoneworth and her twelve-year-old brother Jackie are travelling by train from their coal-mining hometown in Kentucky to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with their cousins in... Read More

“Marathon Mind” a label for ADHD, a condition with behaviors that often reflect a need for constant physical and mental movement. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a disease that affects “an estimated 15% of American... Read More

“Snow day” are two of every school-aged kids’favorite words, and for sixteen-year-old Orville Jacques, they become days to foil the CIA and solve murder mysteries. Orville is the hero of a new series of mysteries set in the... Read More