Rewilding
Even though her Dad calls her “Bruiser,” eleven-year-old Joy isn’t as strong as she looks. With Dad gone and Mom depressed, it’s up to Joy to care for the house and her younger brother Ian. Struggling with old clothes in sizes too small now and Ian’s constant hunger, Joy fears the school counselor might call Child Protective Services. When a baby bird falls from its nest, Joy recalls her Dad’s warning, “You don’t know your own strength.” Seeking help, she strikes a deal with Ezzie, the quirky neighbor, to help her with chores around her yard. As Joy, Ian, and her friend restore Ezzie’s garden, they discover the beauty of rewilding and Joy begins to question her father’s views. A sensitive story of gaslighting, body image, and the healing power of nature.
“As bright and tender as a garden in spring, Rewilding gently weaves a story that is both personal and global.” – Cindy Baldwin, author of Where the Watermelons Grow
“This uplifting story tackles domestic troubles with consideration and a whole lot of heart.” – Kirkus
“I love its honesty, its sensitivity and most of all its very real path to peace and acceptance.” – Kengo Kurimoto, award-winning author of Wildful
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A Many Feathered Thing
A 2020 Oregon Spirit Book Award winner
Eleven-year-old Clara might be best known as the “girl who draws,” but she’s not tortured enough to become a real artist. Not when her only true suffering is a crippling inability to speak in public. But when Clara and her best friend, Orion, break their neighbor’s glass gazing ball, Clara decides that in order to suffer like a real artist, she will do every hard thing in her path—starting with knocking on scary old Mr. Vogelman’s door. That’s when she meets Birdman. That’s when she sees his swirling painting. And that’s when everything changes.
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The Children's Opera
Coming soon from Apples & Honey Press. 2027.
In this middle grade novel based on true events, a Jewish girl sees a chance to reunite her family and tell the world about what is happening behind the walls of the Terezín concentration camp when the Red Cross comes to see a performance of the children’s opera, Brundibár.